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Sandhill Grasswren

Amytornis oweniMathews, 1911

Endemic
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Family
Maluridae
Commonness
Endemic

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The sandhill grasswren is an insectivorous bird in the Australasian wren family Maluridae. It is found in sandplain deserts and mallee of central Western Australia to central Queensland as well as northwest and southern South Australia. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Pilbara grasswren.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Sandplain deserts and mallee of central WA to south-west and central NT and north-west and south SA (west, north-central and south Australia)

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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