Thick-billed grasswren

Thick-billed grasswren
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Maluridae
Genus:	Amytornis
Species:	A. modestus
Binomial name
	Amytornis modestus; (North, 1902)
Subspecies
	see text
Synonyms
	Amytornis textilis modestus;

The thick-billed grasswren (Amytornis modestus) is a species of bird in the Maluridae family. It is endemic to Australia.^[2]^[3] Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

Subspecies

While not completely accepted by all authourities, the following seven subspecies are recognized by Clements and the IOC:^[4]

†A. m. modestus – (North, 1902): Now extinct. Formerly found in Northern Territory (central Australia)
A. m. indulkanna – (Mathews, 1916): Found in Northern Territory and South Australia (central Australia)
A. m. raglessi – Black, 2011: Found in Flinders Ranges in South Australia (central Australia)
A. m. curnamona – Black, 2011: Found in Lake Frome Basin in South Australia (central Australia)
A. m. cowarie – Black, 2016: Found in Sturt Stony Desert in South Australia (central Australia)
A. m. obscurior – (Mathews, 1923): Found in New South Wales (central Australia)
†A. m. inexpectatus – (Mathews, 1912): Now extinct. Formerly found in New South Wales (central Australia)

References

^ Template:IUCN2008
^ "Amytornis modestus — Thick-billed Grasswren (eastern)". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Australian Government. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ Black, Andrew; Carpenter, Graham; Pedler, Lynn (September 2011). "Distribution and habitats of the Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus and comparison with the Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis myall in South Australia" (PDF). South Australian Ornithologist. 37 (2): 60–80. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
^ IOC v.6.3

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[1] Template:IUCN2008

[2] "Amytornis modestus — Thick-billed Grasswren (eastern)". Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. Australian Government. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[Black-3] Black, Andrew; Carpenter, Graham; Pedler, Lynn (September 2011). "Distribution and habitats of the Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus and comparison with the Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis myall in South Australia" (PDF). South Australian Ornithologist. 37 (2): 60–80. Retrieved 9 October 2015.

[4] IOC v.6.3

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