Amytornis housei Milligan, 1902
Black grass(-)wren, Black grasswren
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1901
Rediscovered in 1968
IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened
Distribution
Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: illustration published in (Mathews, 1922-1923:pl.474).
References
Original scientific description:
Milligan (1902) W.Austral.Parl.Pap.No.2 p.52
Other references:
Anonymous. (1975). Prince Regent River Reserve. S.W.A.N.S. 5(1): 4-7.
Anonymous. (1976). Status change for black grass wren. S.W.A.N.S. 6(3): 61.
BirdLife International. (2012). Amytornis housei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 01 June 2013.
Brockman, F. S. (1902). Report on Exploration of N.W. Kimberleys, 1901. Perth, W.A.
Freeman, D. J. (1970). The rediscovery of the Black Glass Wren Amytornis housei with additional notes on the species. Emu 70: 193-195.
Frith, H. J. (1979). Wildlife Conservation, revised edition. Angus & Robertson. xiv + 416 pp. [p. 303 (table), p. 327-328 (species account)]
Garnett, Stephen (ed.). (1992). Threatened and Extinct Birds of Australia. RAOU Report Number 82. 212 pp.
Harrington, G., Perry, J., Forsyth, B. and Venables, B. (2009). A tale of two grasswrens. Wingspan 19(3): 22-25.
Johnstone, R. E. (2001). Checklist of the birds of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 63: 75-90.
Johnstone, R. E. and Darnell, J. C. (2015). Checklist of the Birds of Western Australia. Updated version of (Johnstone, 2001).
Johnstone, R. E. and Kolichis, N. (1999). First description of the nest and eggs of the Black Grasswren Amytornis housei (Milligan) with notes on breeding. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 259-265.
Johnstone, R. E. and Smith, L. A. (1981). Birds of Mitchell Plateau and adjacent coasts and lowlands, Kimberley, Western Australia, pp. 171-212. In Biological Survey of Mitchell Plateau and Admiralty Gulf Western Australia. Western Australian Museum: Perth.
Mathews, Gregory M. (1922-1923). The Birds of Australia, volume 10. London: Witherby & Co.
Mathews, Gregory M. (1924). The Birds of Australia, suppl. No. 3: Check List of the Birds of Australia: Order Passeriformes (concluding part). London: Witherby & Co.
Schodde, R. (1982). The Fairy-wrens: a monograph of the Maluridae. Lansdowne, Melbourne.
Storr, G. M. (1977). Birds of the Northern Territory. Western Australian Museum Special Publication No. 7: 1-130.
Storr, G. M. (1980). Birds of the Kimberley Division, Western Australia. Western Australian Museum Special Publication No. 11. Perth: Western Australian Museum. 117 pp.
Storr et al., 1975, Wildl. Res. Bull. West. Aust. No. 3: 80.
Whittle, H. M. and Serventy, D. L. (1948). A Systematic List of the Birds of Western Australia. Perth: Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication no. 1, 126 pp.