Showing posts with label Amytornis oweni. Show all posts
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Friday, April 27, 2018

SANDHILL GRASSWREN

Photographed near Uluru, Northern Territory, April 2018
744                  SANDHILL GRASSWREN                  Amytornis oweni

AUSTRALIAN                 744

Found in southern NT, western SA, eastern WA. Was considered a subspecies of Striated Grasswren, now split to full species. Restricted to spinifex associations, with or without shrubs or light tree cover, preferring areas with tall dense spinifex cover.