Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) - HBW 13, p. 624
French: Méliphage à pendeloques
German: Gelblappen-Honigfresser
Spanish: Mielero Ventriamarillo
Other common names: Tasmanian/Long Wattlebird, Great-wattled Honeyeater
Taxonomy: Corvus paradoxus Daudin, 1800, Nouvelle Zélande; error = south-east Tasmania, Australia.
May form a superspecies with A. carunculata. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kingi (Mathews, 1925) - King I, in Bass Strait.
- paradoxa (Daudin, 1800) - C & E Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird in a tree Locality Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (ssp paradoxa)
Eldert Groenewoud 18 July 2009 2 years ago 28 sec 4
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Yellow Wattlebird feeding in a suburban garden
Locality Perth, Tasmania, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 28 November 2011 25 weeks ago 3.8 -
Perched
Locality Gretna, Tasmania, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 31 March 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)hoping around the branches of a tree and calling out loudly
Locality Tasmania, Australia
cel_polo 1 March 2012 5 weeks ago 3.3 -
Adult in a tree
Locality Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (ssp paradoxa)
Eldert Groenewoud 18 July 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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