CARPENTARIAN GRASSWREN

Photography near Mount Isa, Queensland May 2016

81     CARPENTARIAN GRASSWREN        Amytornis dorotheae

Australia     (625)

Also known as Dorothy's or Red-winged Grasswren. Found in spinifex, sparse shrubs, eucalypts on sandstone escarpments. 16-17.5 cm. Range: colonies on 'Gulf Falls' escarpments, in e. NT -nw Q., from Trawalla and Bukalara Ras., near Borroloola (NT) to Upper Nicholson R (NT-Q border); se to Lawn Hill NP, e to Gunpowder-Mt Isa (Q). Sedentary

KALKADOON GRASSWREN

Photographed near Mica Creek, Mount Isa, Queensland May 2016

780     KALKADOON GRASSWREN        Amytornis ballarae

Australia     (624)

Found Found in spinifex clumps usually on rugged hillsides. 16 cm. Range: Country around Mount Isa in nw Q., including Welwyn Ra., and E. Barkly Tablelands.