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Yellow wattlebird

Anthochaera paradoxa (Daudin, 1800)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) is a species in the family Meliphagidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 123 g to 168.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow wattlebird

Weight
123 g – 168.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4 – 2.45src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the yellow wattlebird live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The yellow wattlebird is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the yellow wattlebird?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow wattlebird” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow_wattlebird&oldid=1362499617), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the yellow wattlebird endangered?

The yellow wattlebird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the yellow wattlebird classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyMeliphagidae
  6. genusAnthochaera
  7. SpeciesAnthochaera paradoxa (Daudin, 1800)

Synonyms Anthochaera carunculatus

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • menjamel de carúnculesCatalan
  • laločnatka tasmánskáCzech
  • melysor tagellog melynWelsh
  • Gullappet HonningæderDanish
  • GelblappenhonigfresserGerman
  • Gelblappen-HonigfresserGerman
  • flavkarunkla mielmanĝuloEsperanto
  • Mielero ventriamarilloSpanish
  • keltahelttamesikkoFinnish
  • Méliphage à pendeloquesFrench
  • dugorepi medojedCroatian
  • sárgacsüngős lebenyesmadárHungarian
  • Bargigliuto gialloItalian
  • キミミダレミツスイJapanese
  • geltonasis žvynuotasis medsiurbysLithuanian
  • GulflikhonningeterNorwegian Bokmål
  • GeellelhoningeterDutch
  • gyllenflikhonningeterNorwegian
  • koralicowiec żółtyPolish
  • papa-mel de-barbela-amarelaPortuguese
  • papa-mel-de-barbela-amarelaPortuguese
  • papa-mel-de-barriga-amarelaPortuguese
  • Желтолопастный серёжкоухRussian
  • Желтолопастный серёжчатый медососRussian
  • medárik veľkýSlovak
  • Resasti medojed sa žutim resamaSerbian
  • gulflikig honungsfågelSwedish
  • Sarı Küpeli BalkuşuTurkish
  • медолюб-сережник великийUkrainian
  • 黃垂蜜鳥Chinese
  • 黄垂蜜鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow wattlebird

Other species in the same genus Anthochaera.

CompareYellow wattlebird vs Red wattlebirdYellow wattlebird vs Little wattlebirdYellow wattlebird vs Western wattlebirdYellow wattlebird vs Regent honeyeater

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yellow wattlebird?

An adult yellow wattlebird weighs 123 g – 168.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the yellow wattlebird live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the yellow wattlebird for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the yellow wattlebird endangered?

The yellow wattlebird is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the yellow wattlebird?

The yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) belongs to the family Meliphagidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-wattlebird

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_wattlebird_2026,
  title = {Yellow wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-wattlebird},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}