Carpentarian grasswren
| Carpentarian grasswren | |
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| A. dorotheae in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Maluridae |
| Genus: | Amytornis |
| Species: | A. dorotheae
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| Binomial name | |
| Amytornis dorotheae (Mathews, 1914)
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The Carpentarian grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to Australia.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss. The habitat of this species is almost exclusively on top of sandstone escarpments in the Northern Territory. In this very difficult to access terrain it is found to be not so rare. This habitat is not endangered by human encroachment other than by fires because of the extreme inaccessibility.
Taxonomy and systematics[]
The species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the white-throated grasswren. It is monotypic.
Behaviour and ecology[]
Diet[]
Feeds on insects and seeds. Forages by searching rock crevices and litter under shrubs on the ground.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Amytornis dorotheae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703786A93936976. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703786A93936976.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Malurus
- Amytornis
- Birds of the Northern Territory
- Endemic birds of Australia
- Birds described in 1914
- Meliphagoidea stubs