One of two Australian birds, Psophodes olivaceus or Pachycephala rufiventris.

(a) a species of Australian shrike or thickhead (Pachycephala gutturalis); (b) a mythical bird thought by some preliterate peoples to cause thunder.

An Australian bird, Pachycephala rufiventris, also called the coach-whip bird at coach-whip, n. 4; cf. flying coachman n. at flying, adj. 1b.

a whistler of east and south-east Australia, Pachycephala olivacea, which has an olive-brown back and a dark grey head.