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Little wattlebird

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Little wattlebirds feed on nectar obtained with a long, brush-tipped tongue, adapted for probing deep into flowers. They also feed on insects, berries, and some seeds. Most feeding is done perched, but some insects are caught in mid-air. Birds may feed alone or in groups.
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Breeding takes place from June to December. The female wattlebird generally constructs the nest, which is a loose, untidy cup of twigs, lined with shredded bark, and placed from 1 to 10 m high in the fork of a
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sapling. 1-2 eggs are laid and may be spotted red-brown, purplish-red or salmon-pink in colour. The female incubates the eggs alone but both parents care for the young chicks.
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Salomonsen, F. (1967). "Family Meliphagidae, Honeyeaters". In Paynter, R.A. Jnr. (ed.).
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The title page gives the year as 1826 but the issue was published in 1827.
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The little wattlebird is a medium to large honeyeater, but the smallest
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and many squeaky, musical lilting notes. The alarm call is a
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Little wattlebird feeding nestlings, September 2002, NSW
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Little Wattlebird

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Meliphagidae
Anthochaera
Binomial name
Latham
passerine
honeyeater
Meliphagidae
Australia
formally described
John Latham
binomial name
genus
Anthochaera
Nicholas Aylward Vigors
Thomas Horsfield
International Ornithologists' Union
subspecies
Mathews

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