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Definition of Wattlebird

Wattlebird
Wattlebird Wat"tle*bird`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthoch[ae]ra and allied genera of the family Meliphagid[ae]. These birds usually have a large and conspicuous wattle of naked skin hanging down below each ear. They are natives of Australia and adjacent islands. Note: The best-known species (Anthoch[ae]ra carunculata) has the upper parts grayish brown, with a white stripe on each feather, and the wing and tail quills dark brown or blackish, tipped with withe. Its wattles, in life, are light blood-red. Called also wattled crow, wattled bee-eater, wattled honey eater. Another species (A. inauris) is streaked with black, gray, and white, and its long wattles are white, tipped with orange. The bush wattlebirds, belonging to the genus Anellobia, are closely related, but lack conspicuous wattles. The most common species (A. mellivora) is dark brown, finely streaked with white. Called also goruck creeper. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian brush turkey.

Meaning of Wattlebird from wikipedia

- The little wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera), also known as the brush wattlebird, is a p****erine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is found...
- The red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) is a p****erine bird native to southern Australia. At 33–37 cm (13–14+1⁄2 in) in length, it is the second largest...
- Australia and include the little wattlebird, the red wattlebird, the western wattlebird, and the yellow wattlebird. A molecular phylogenetic study has...
- yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. Other names include the long wattlebird or Tasmanian...
- the Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), the yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa), the green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) and...
- The western wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata) is a p****erine bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is restricted to south-western Australia....
- are not corvids and are only distantly related to crows - New Zealand wattlebirds is the informal name for this family used by the scientific community...
- Anthochaera Little wattlebird, Anthochaera chrysoptera (Latham, 1801) Western wattlebird, Anthochaera lunulata Gould, 1838 Red wattlebird, Anthochaera carunculata...
- masks. They belong to a family containing five species of New Zealand wattlebirds, the other three being two species of tīeke (saddleback) and the extinct...
- birds. The family includes the Australian chats, myzomelas, friarbirds, wattlebirds, miners and melidectes. They are most common in Australia and New Guinea...