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Amytornis striatus parvus (Black, 2020)

Cape Range rufous grasswren

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Amytornis whitei parvus Black, 2020 (protonym)

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Garnett et al., 2022)

Last record: 5 May 1901 (specimen); pre-1903 (sighting by collector); 1980's (sighting) (all Black et al., 2020)

 

Distribution

Cape Range, Pilbara region, Western Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Black, Andrew B., Wilson, Christopher A., Pedler, Lynn P., McGregor, Scott R. and Joseph, Leo. (2020). Two new but threatened subspecies of Rufous Grasswren Amytornis whitei (Maluridae). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 140(2): 151-163. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a6

 

Other references:

Black, A. B., Burbidge, A. H., Garnett, Stephen T., and McGregor, H. (2021). Cape Range Rufous Grasswren Amytornis striatus parvus, pp. 546-548. In S. T. Garnett, & G. B. Baker (Eds.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020. CSIRO Publishing.

Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward-Brown, Brittany K. et al. (2022). Australia's most imperilled vertebrates. Biological Conservation 270: 109561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109561

Johnstone, R. E., Burbidge, A. H. and Darnell, J. C. (2013). Birds of the Pilbara region, including seas and offshore islands, Western Australia: distribution, status and historical changes. Rec. West. Austr. Mus., Suppl. 78: 343-441.

Woinarski, John C. Z., Legge, Sarah M. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Extinct Australian birds: numbers, characteristics, lessons and prospects. Emu 124(1): 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2023.2240345

 

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