Carpentarian Grasswren
Amytornis dorotheae(Mathews, GM, 1914)
English (US) Carpentarian Grasswren
The Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Maluridae (Grasswrens, Fairywrens, and Emu-wrens) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: north-central Australia (east-central Northern Territory, northwestern Queensland)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Amytornis dorotheae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Carpentarian Grasswren
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1914)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Magnamytis woodwardi dorotheae
- Described by
- (Mathews, GM, 1914)
- Type locality
- McArthur River, Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory.
- Original description
- The Austral Avian Record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna 2 p.99
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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