Amytornis textilis giganturus Milligan, 1901
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 26 August 1909 (specimen); 1966 (doubtful sighting)
A doubtful sighting from northwest of Mullewa was made in 1966 (Black & Gower, 2017).
Distribution
Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Milligan, A. W. (1901). Description of a new species of Amytis (Grass-Bird) from Western Australia. The Victorian Naturalist 18: 27-28.
Other references:
Jeremy J. Austin, Leo Joseph, Lynn P. Pedler, Andrew B. Black. (2013). Uncovering cryptic evolutionary diversity in extant and extinct populations of the southern Australian arid zone Western and Thick-billed Grasswrens (Passeriformes: Maluridae: Amytornis). Conservation Genetics 14(6): 1173-1184.
Black, Andrew B. (2011). Western Australia, home of the Grass-Wren (Amytornis textilis). Western Australian Journal of Ornithology 3: 1-12.
Black, Andrew B. and Gower, P. (2017). Grasswrens: Australian Outback Identities. Stepney: Axiom Publishing. 153 pp.
Black, Andrew B., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Frahnert, Sylke and Johansson, Ulf S. (2019). Provisional identification of historical grasswren (Amytornis: Maluridae) specimens in European collections draws attention to the incomplete phylogeny of the group. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 139(3): 228-237.
del Hoyo, J. & Collar, N.J. (2016): HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions. Barcelona.
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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