wattlebird

plural wattlebirds

1. Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.First known use 19th c.

   Outside in the evening a wattlebird wrenches pieces from the brush tree at the end of the veranda.

   2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 285

   1 more example

   In Hobart Town it is frequently exposed for sale in the markets with Bronzewing Pigeons and Wattlebirds, where it is known by the name of Ground-Dove, an appellation which has doubtless been given both from its habit of running and feeding upon the ground like the Pigeons […]

   1865, John Gould, Handbook to The Birds of Australia, volume 1, page 434

2. Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.