Thick-billed grasswren
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Maluridae |
| Genus: | Amytornis |
| Species: | A. modestus |
| Binomial name | |
| Amytornis modestus (North, 1902) | |
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The thick-billed grasswren (Amytornis modestus) is a species of bird in the Maluridae family. It is endemic to Australia.[2][3] Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
Subspecies
While not completely accepted by all authourities, the following seven subspecies are recognized by Clements and the IOC:[4]
- †A. m. modestus – (North, 1902): Now extinct. Formerly found in Northern Territory (central Australia)
- A. m. indulkanna – (Mathews, 1916): Found in Northern Territory and South Australia (central Australia)
- A. m. raglessi – Black, 2011: Found in Flinders Ranges in South Australia (central Australia)
- A. m. curnamona – Black, 2011: Found in Lake Frome Basin in South Australia (central Australia)
- A. m. cowarie – Black, 2016: Found in Sturt Stony Desert in South Australia (central Australia)
- A. m. obscurior – (Mathews, 1923): Found in New South Wales (central Australia)
- †A. m. inexpectatus – (Mathews, 1912): Now extinct. Formerly found in New South Wales (central Australia)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2009). "Amytornis textilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ↑ "Amytornis modestus — Thick-billed Grasswren (eastern)". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Australian Government. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
- ↑ Black, Andrew; Carpenter, Graham; Pedler, Lynn (September 2011). "Distribution and habitats of the Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus and comparison with the Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis myall in South Australia" (PDF). South Australian Ornithologist. 37 (2): 60–80. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- ↑ IOC v.6.3
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