Red Wattlebird

The Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) is a bird found in southern Australia from Western Australia to New South Wales in the east.

The Red Wattlebird has grey-brown feathers streaked with white. It has a black crown, silvery-white face, red eye, yellow belly and pinkish legs. It has a pendulous red neck-wattle (lobes that hang down from the neck).

Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

It grows to 31-39 centimetres (12-15.5 inches) tall.

It is a noisy bird.

It likes eucalypt forests and woodlands, heathlands, and gardens.

Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

Red Wattlebird

 

 

Photographer: Martina Nicolls

Martina Nicolls: SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

 

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