#1408 · 🐦 birds
Red Wattlebird
🇳🇱 Roodlelhoningeter ·Anthochaera carunculata
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what is it?
The red wattlebird ( Anthochaera carunculata ) is a passerine bird native to southern Australia. At 33–37 cm (13–14 1⁄2 in) in length, it is the second largest species of Australian honeyeater. It has mainly grey-brown plumage, with red eyes, distinctive pinkish-red wattles on either side of the neck, white streaks on the chest and a large bright yellow patch on the lower belly. The sexes are similar in plumage. Juveniles have less prominent wattles and browner eyes.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 24,013 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 114 g.
- Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1790 (236 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Red Wattlebird
- Nederlands
- Roodlelhoningeter
- scientific name
- Anthochaera carunculata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Meliphagidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 24,013
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 114 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1790 by George Shaw
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Meliphagidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 12622, Wikidata Q607540, GBIF 2487144, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.