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Certainly not a domesticated wattlebird. As
domestication is a long process over many generations. However it is not common
and is a first I have heard of. However some options:
1 It is likely to be a tame bird
that has been hand raised.
2 White-eared Honeyeaters (and
maybe other Honeyeaters) are known to alight on heads / backs etc of horses,
koalas, possums, people and try and pull tufts of hair out, when building their
nest. It could just maybe an example of this.
3 I have certainly known wild
Noisy Miners to perch on people (yapping) where the noise is quite annoying. This happened to me and Robert
Drummond at Hattah Lakes NP in 1974.
Philip
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