Yellow Wattlebird
Anthochaera paradoxa(Daudin, FM, 1800)
English (US) Yellow Wattlebird
The Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) 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 paradoxa
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow Wattlebird
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Anthochaera paradoxa paradoxa
- Anthochaera paradoxa kingi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Corvus paradoxus
- Described by
- (Daudin, FM, 1800)
- Type locality
- Nouvelle Zelande [error = South Tasmania. Cf . Stresemann, 1953, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 29, p. 84] .
- Original description
- Traité élémentaire et complet d'ornithologie 2 p.246 pl.16
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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