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| Yellow wattlebird, Evandale, Tasmania (April 2014) |
A close encounter with one in the township of Evandale's Pioneer Park got me curious about these structures! If what I read is true then having an impressive wattle is more likely to get you a mate. Females and males are alike.
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| Yellow wattlebird posing obligingly among the autumn colours of an exotic Silver birch |
Anatomically wattles are lumped together with other caruncles such as dewlaps and snoods! I feel that these words are underused - rarely seen or heard in literature, music or general conversation. This travesty makes one's wattles stand on end!
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| The other striking feature of the Yellow wattlebird is that impressively long tail |
Sharing with Wild Bird Wednesday makes me all snoody
Bird on!
Yikes ...I looked up caruncles and there is a lot of ugly fleshy stuff there .....
ReplyDeleteGreat photos and very interesting post. The only wattlebird I have seen around here is the Brush W and the book says it "lacks visible wattles"!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of a very interesting bird.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, I haven't seen a wattlebird close up, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteit seems that there are a lot of people with dewlaps, snoods, and wattles as well.
ReplyDeleteIn Africa, there are Wattled Starlings and Lapwings; Both of which have yellow wattles like the Yellow Wattlebird. Nice photos of an interesting bird.
A fascinating bird! I've never heard of a bird having wattles other than a turkey. Really interesting, but then your part of the world has some of the the most diverse and interesting creatures! Great shots!
ReplyDeleteAhhh... this is the best part of WBW - seeing birds from around the world through the eyes of fellow nature lovers. I had no idea there was even such a thing as a wattlebird! Great images and info - thanks for introducing them to me!
ReplyDeletelol, those flapping stuff makes it look like a huge beak. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are strange looking bird - the fact they the ones in Melbourne are called Red WB confused when I got here first - given that they are largely yellow!
ReplyDeleteCheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
Super bird and great pictures. I'd love to see these in the wild.
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