Wattle (anatomy)

Wattle (anatomy)

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.

Birds with wattles include:
*From the neck or throat
** Birds of the family Casuarius: the Northern, Southern, and Dwarf cassowaries
** Galliformes: Domestic chickens, turkeys, and others
** Some vultures
** Some lapwings
** The Australian wattlebirds (Anthochaera "spp.")
** The New Zealand wattlebirds (Callaeidae), which include the Kokako, Tieke or Saddleback, and the Huia
*From below the eyes
**The African Wattle-eye or Puffback Flycatcher
**Many male pheasants
**Spectacled Tyrant

Mammals with wattles include:
*In many domestic goats, a fleshy protuberance hanging either side of the throat
*In some domestic pigs (such as most Kune Kunes, a fleshy protuberance hanging either side of the throat


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