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 VU    White-throated Grasswren* Id (Atlas): 516
    Amytornis woodwardi Endemic

Description (9)
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Other Names (World)
White-throated Grasswren, Larger White-throated Grasswren, Spinifex Grasswren, White-chested Grasswren

Family
Maluridae (Fairy-wrens)

Size
20 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartert, 1905

Derivation
A-my-torn'-is - Gk, amytis, daughter of Astyages; Gk, ornis, a bird: woodwardi - Bernard H. Woodward ( - 1916), sometime director of the Perth Museum, WA

Abundance (Guide)
UC

Generally uncommon with patchy occurence and restricted range. Sedentary or locally nomadic.

Habitat
Flat and usually sparsely vegetated high plateaux and ridge-tops with a few boulders, with a covering of spinifex and a sparse layer of shrubs and trees.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B) (NB).

Image of Range of White-throated Grasswren
Western Arnhem Land, NT.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 8,000 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction by fire is the main threat.

Vulnerable.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in pairs or small groups.

Food
Stems of grasses and sedges. Also seeds and insects.

Voice
A rich series of rising and falling notes and trills. Animated chirping interspersed with phrases of song. A strong, sharp 'tzzzt' in alarm.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
White-throated Grasswren (Amytornis woodwardi) [XC577277]
     by id from Gulung Mardrulk, Roper Gulf Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (call, song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
December - March.

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Nest
Bulky, domed, composed of grass, leaves and strips of bark, hidden in the top of a spinifex tussock.

Eggs (Guide)
2; matt, white-pink, sparingly speckled and blotched with red-brown with underlying markings of purple-grey, forming a distinct zone at the larger end; oval; about 23 x 16 mm.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae).

Similar Species
Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) but ranges do not overlap.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9

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