Striated grasswren | |
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Scotia Station, New South Wales. Source: Dan Eyles. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Maluridae |
Genus: | Amytornis |
Species: | A. striatus
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Binomial name | |
Amytornis striatus (Gould, 1840)
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Subspecies | |
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The striated grasswren (Amytornis striatus) is a small, cryptically coloured ground-dwelling species of wren-like bird in the family Maluridae, endemic to Australia. It occupies a large discontinuous range across arid and semi-arid areas of western, central and southern Australia where it is associated with spinifex (Triodia) grass.