Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera) - HBW 13, p. 620
French: Méliphage à gouttelettes
German: Zimtflügel-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Alirrufo
Other common names: Brush/Mock Wattlebird, Brush Mockbird, Mocker, Mockingbird
Taxonomy: Merops chrysopterus Latham, 1801, Nova Hollandia = Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.
Often considered conspecific with A. lunulata. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- chrysoptera (Latham, 1801) - coastal SE Australia on and E of tablelands of Great Divide from SE Queensland (Dawes Range) S, including Fraser I, Stradbroke I and other islands, to SE Victoria, and W through SE South Australia to Adelaide.
- halmaturina (Mathews, 1912) - Kangaroo I, off South Australia.
- tasmanica (Mathews, 1912) - N & E Tasmania (and scattered records in SW & W and inland).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird hanging on a branch and feeding on the nectar of Grevillea newbeyii Locality Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp chrysoptera)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2007 4 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a lethargic bird on a cold winter morning Locality Botanic Gardens, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp chrysoptera)
Geoffrey Dabb 30 June 2007 4 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A bird calling, shaking it's feathers and bathing. Locality New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (ssp chrysoptera)
Nick Talbot 8 April 2005 4 years ago 12 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a tree feeding on nectar. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 40 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree feeding on flowers and flying away. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 30 sec 4.3 -
Two birds shaking their feathers and bathing Locality New Lambton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia (ssp chrysoptera)
Nick Talbot 8 April 2005 4 years ago 21 sec 4.3
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Little Wattlebird on tree branch
Locality Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 March 2011 1 year ago 4 -
adult bird in tree
Locality Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
David Taylor 1 November 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Little Wattlebird feeding on Grevilea
Locality Caloundra Headland, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 January 2007 1 year ago 3.8 -
A perched bird.
Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 3.8 -
An adult perched on a power-line.
Locality Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp chrysoptera)
Nick Talbot 24 September 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Foraging for nectar, accompanied by a bee, in the canopy of a eucalypt
Locality Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia
Ian Barker 23 February 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7
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Calls of one bird. Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
(ssp chrysoptera)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2010 1 year ago 5 -
A bird singing briefly. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A bird calling at dawn. Locality Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(ssp chrysoptera)
Nick Talbot 23 December 2011 22 weeks ago 3 -
Calling as it forages through a tree Locality Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
(ssp tasmanica)
Joe Angseesing 23 February 2009 2 years ago 3
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