Anthochaera
Anthochaera | |
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Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Meliphagidae |
Genus: | Anthochaera Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 |
Type species | |
Anthochaera carunculatus[1] Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
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Species | |
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Description
Of the five species in the genus only the yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) and the red wattlebird (A. carunculata) have the wattles of their common name.[2] These are bare fleshy appendages, usually wrinkled and often brightly coloured, hanging from the cheeks, neck or throat, and presumably serving for display.
A common name for species of the genus is wattlebird, a term also used for unrelated avian species.
Taxonomy
The genus Anthochaera was introduced in 1827 by the naturalists Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield.[3] The name is derived from the Greek anthos meaning flower or bloom and khairō meaning to enjoy.[4] The type species was designated as the little wattlebird by the German ornithologist Hans Friedrich Gadow in 1884.[5][6]
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Cladogram showing the relationship between species.[9] |
Species and distribution
The genus Anthochaera contains the following species:[8]
Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Red wattlebird | Anthochaera carunculata | southeast Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and southwest Western Australia | |
Little wattlebird | Anthochaera chrysoptera | coastal and sub-coastal south-eastern Australia | |
Yellow wattlebird | Anthochaera paradoxa | Tasmania | |
Western wattlebird | Anthochaera lunulata | south-western Australia. | |
Regent honeyeater | Anthochaera phrygia | south-eastern Australia |
See also
- List of Australian birds
References
- ^ "Melaphagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- S2CID 241635246. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- . The title page gives the year as 1826 but the issue was not published until 1827.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gadow, Hans (1884). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 9 Cinnyrimorphae: containing the families Nectariniidae and Meliphagidae (Sun-birds and Honey-eaters). London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 262.
- ^ Salomonsen, F. (1967). "Family Maliphagidae, Honeyeaters". In Paynter, R.A. Jnr. (ed.). Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 12). Vol. 12. Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 338–450 [444–445].
- PMID 15120392.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Honeyeaters". World Bird List Version 5.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ PMID 28017855.
External links
- Wattlebird videos on the Internet Bird Collection