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Definition: Anthochaera mellivora
Wattlebird
\Wat"tle*bird`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of honey eaters
belonging to
Anthoch[ae]ra and allied genera of the
family
Meliphagid[ae]. 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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Note: The best-known species (
Anthoch[ae]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 (
Anthoch[ae]ra 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
(
Anthoch[ae]ra mellivora) is dark brown, finely
streaked with white. Called also
goruck creeper.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian brush turkey.
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