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ShrublandCup nestMedium · 62 g
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The adult western wattlebird has dark grey-brown upper-parts with pale streaks and spots. It has a dark brown forehead, crown and nape, streaked with fine, whitish shafts. Underparts are dark grey, streaked and tipped white. It has a blackish-brown streak bordering the eye, and has a red iris. A large honeyeater, it is long and slender. A sample of both sexes recorded sizes of 29–33 centimetres in length, 65–78 grams in weight for the males; and 27–30 cm and 47–57 g for the females. The weight range for unsexed birds is 45.5–83 grams.
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When to see the Western Wattlebird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Western Wattlebird
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Western Wattlebird
The western wattlebird is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It is restricted to south-western Australia.
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Easily confused with
Regent HoneyeaterAnthochaera phrygiaThe neck and head are glossy black.
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxaThe yellow wattlebird is the largest of the honeyeaters, and is endemic to Tasmania.
Little WattlebirdAnthochaera chrysopteraThe little wattlebird is a medium to large honeyeater, but the smallest wattlebird.
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