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
Hypodigm
Media
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