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Red Wattlebird

Anthochaera carunculata(Shaw, G, 1790)

English (US) Red Wattlebird

The Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters) in the order Passeriformes.

Scientific name
Anthochaera carunculata
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red Wattlebird
Described by
(Shaw, G, 1790)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Merops carunculata
Described by
(Shaw, G, 1790)
Type locality
New South Wales. Cf. Mathews, 1925, Birds Australia, 12, pp. 64-65
Original description
Journal of a Voyage to new South Wales with Sixty-five plates of Non-descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions appendix p.240

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 195 species of the family Meliphagidae