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 LC    Eyrean Grasswren* Id (Atlas): 515
    Amytornis goyderi Endemic

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Eyrean Grasswren, Goyders Grasswren, Bicyclebird

Family
Maluridae (Fairy-wrens)

Size
15 - 17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1875)

Derivation
A-my-torn'-is - Gk, amytis, daughter of Astyages; Gk, ornis, a bird: goyderi - G.W. Goyder (1826 - 1898), explorer, SA

Abundance (Guide)
MC - UC

Uncommon to perhaps common in remote habitat.

Habitat
Dunes with tall clumps of canegrass. Also, but less often, spinifex at the base of canegrass dunes.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B).

Image of Range of Eyrean Grasswren
The Lake Eyre district of South Australia.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Probably secure.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly, in pairs but mostly in small groups.

Food
Seeds and insects.

Voice
A faint, two-syllable whistle, 'sw-it, sw-it'. A high-pitched 'zeeet' in alarm. Song: a jumbled reel of silvery cadences.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

 
Eyrean Grasswren (Amytornis goyderi) [XC859630]
     by Peter Boesman from Birdsville track, South Australia, Australia (call)

 
Eyrean Grasswren (Amytornis goyderi) [XC521506]
     by David Edwards from Birdsville, Diamantina Shire, Queensland, Australia (call, song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
December - March.

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Nest
Deep, cup-shaped or partly domed, composed of grass, lined with finer grass and plant-down, placed in a cane-grass tussock.

Eggs (Guide)
2; white, sparingly speckled and blotched with red-browns and greys, sometimes more at the larger end; swollen-oval; about 19 x 15 mm.

Young
Altricial, nidicolous.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Grey Grasswren (Amytornis barbatus) which has a black eyestripe, a black double necklace and pale buff flanks, Thick-billed Grasswren (Amytornis modestus) which has darker underparts and Striated Grasswren (Amytornis striatus) which has a much less stout bill, a more distinctive moustachial stripe and darker, streaked breast.


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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