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
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red Wattlebird
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Anthochaera carunculata carunculata
- Anthochaera carunculata clelandi
- Anthochaera carunculata woodwardi
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.
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