Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Fairywrens :: Thick-billed Grasswren

Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis

Described by: Dumont (1824)
Alternate common name(s): Western Grasswren
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia - Aug 11, 2006 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia - Aug 11, 2006 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

(1) Cw. Western Australia s. from Shark Bay (Monkey Mia on the Peron Peninsula).
Disperses through sw. Western Australia to ex. w. South Australia e. to Nullarbor Plain.
(2) Sc. South Australia e. to Eyre Peninsula.
(3) C. Australia from s. Northern Territory through c. and ne. South Australia (Lyndhurst area) perhaps into w. New South Wales.
Formerly on Dirk Hartog Is.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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