Information about Wattle (anatomy)

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A Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) with a bright red facial wattle


A wattle is a fleshy dewlap or caruncle hanging from various parts of the head or neck in several groups of birds, goats and other animals.

In birds this includes:
dewlap is a flap of skin that hangs beneath the lower jaw of tetrapods, that is, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and their relatives. While the term is usually used in this specific acception, it can also be used to include other structures occurring in the same body area with
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Caruncle (Latin: caruncula "wart") may refer to:
  • In botany, an elaiosome (fleshy structure attached to the seed), especially in the plant family Euphorbiaceae
  • In animal anatomy:

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Galliformes
Temminck, 1820

Families

Megapodiidae
Numididae
Odontophoridae
Phasianidae
Meleagrididae
Tetraonidae
Cracidae
(?)Mesitornithidae
Galliformes
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chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated fowl, believed to be descended from the wild Indian and south-east Asian Red Junglefowl.

The chicken is one of the most common and wide-spread domestic animals.
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Meleagridinae
Gray, 1840

Genus: Meleagris
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

M. gallopavo
M. ocellata

A turkey is either one of two species of large birds in the genus
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Vanellinae
Bonaparte, 1842

Genus: Vanellus
Erythrogonys


Species

Many, see text.

Lapwings are medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae
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The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories, RAOU, Melbourne, 1994, but incorporates suggested changes in taxonomy such as new species accepted by the Birds Australia Rarities Committee.
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Anthochaera
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Species
  • Anthochaera carunculata
  • Anthochaera chrysoptera
  • Anthochaera paradoxa
  • Anthochaera lunulata


Wattlebirds
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list of New Zealand birds below is ordered by the Māori names (where known) with English alternatives in brackets. In some cases (Tui, Kākā, Weka, Pūkeko, moa, kiwi, Kea, Kōkako, Takahē) the Māori name is the common name.
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Callaeidae
Sundevall, 1836

Genera

 Callaeas
 Philesturnus
 Heteralocha
The small bird family Callaeidae (also named in some sources as Callaeatidae) is restricted to New Zealand.
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Philesturnus
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,I, 1832

Species: 'P. carunculatus

Binomial name
Philesturnus carunculatus
(Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms

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Heteralocha
Cabanis, 1851

Species: H. acutirostris

Binomial name
Heteralocha acutirostris
(Gould, 1837)

Synonyms


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This list of African birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Africa.

Notes

The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clements' Birds of the World: A Checklist, and reflects all changes to that work until July, 2005.
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Platysteiridae

Genera

Megabyas
Bias
Pseudobias
Platysteira
Batis
Lanioturdus

The wattle-eyes or puffback flycatchers are, with the batises
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Pheasants are a group of large birds in the order Galliformes.

Pheasant are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, with males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails.
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Hymenops

Species: H. perspicillatus

Binomial name
Hymenops perspicillatus
(Gmelin, 1789)

The Spectacled Tyrant (
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