Eyrean Grasswren (Amytornis goyderi) [XC859633]
by Peter Boesman from Birdsville track, South Australia, Australia (call)
Eyrean Grasswren (Amytornis goyderi) [XC326395]
by Pieter de Groot Boersma from Cowarie, South Australia, Australia (song)
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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