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Eyrean Grasswren
Amytornis goyderi(Gould, 1875)
Endemic
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Eyrean grasswren is a small grasswren from the Passerine family Maluridae. This is a cryptically plumaged and uncommon bird endemic to arid regions of Central Australia. The species was discovered by F.W. Andrews in 1874 around the Macumba River at Lake Eyre, and named after the South Australian Surveyor General George Woodroffe Goyder.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts, south-east NT, south-west QLC and north-central SA (central Australia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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