Definition of "wattlebird"

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

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