Chunky gray songbird with heavy black bill, found in dry forest and bushland across semi-arid southern Australia. Male has pale orange throat and dark, not orange, in lores (compare Red-lored Whistler). Female grayish, paler under the tail (as opposed to yellow in Golden Whistler), with much shorter bill than Gray Shrikethrush. Voice includes a pulsating repeated synthesizer-like "chowp-chowp-chowp-chowp…."