Wattlebird
(n.) The Australian brush turkey. (n.) Any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to Anthochaera and allied genera of the family Meliphagidae. 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. | ||||
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wattlebird
\wat"tle*bird`\ (?), n.
1. (zo?l.) any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to anthoch?ra and allied genera of the family meliphagid?. 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?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?l.) the australian brush turkey.
wattlebird
\wat"tle*bird`\ (?), n.
1. (zo?l.) any one of several species of honey eaters belonging to anthoch?ra and allied genera of the family meliphagid?. 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?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?l.) the australian brush turkey.
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Wattlebird
Wattlebirds are members of the Honeyeater family, and native to Australia. Species of wattlebird include the Little Wattlebird, the Red Wattlebird, the Western Wattlebird, and the Yellow Wattlebird.
The entire Callaeidae family of New Zealand, comprised of the Tieke also known as the Saddleback, the Kokako, and the extinct Huia are wattlebirds.
Wattlebirds are characterized by their wattles. These are bare fleshy appendages, usually wrinkled and often brightly coloured, hanging from the cheeks, neck or throat, and presumably serving for display. The exception is the Little Wattlebird, which lacks wattles.
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