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Anthochaera carunculata · Family Meliphagidae

Anthochaera carunculata

Family Meliphagidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Meliphagidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,400,145
Countries and territories with records
4
Red Wattlebird
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · Anthochaera carunculata - Australian National Botanic Gardens.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
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About this species

This species has 1,400,145 occurrence records from 4 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 1.3% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Anthochaera carunculata combines the genus name Anthochaera with the species epithet carunculata. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Anthochaera; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anthochaera chrysoptera, Anthochaera paradoxa and Anthochaera lunulata.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 170 species of the family Meliphagidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 18.3 times the family average (76,364). The family Meliphagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Meliphagidae

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