Amytornis textilis inexpectatus Mathews, 1912:365
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Amytornis modestus inexpectatus Mathews, 1912:365; Diaphorillas textilis inexpectatus Mathews, 1912:365
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: November 1886
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Central and northern New South Wales, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: AMNH 598073 (adult male)
Type locality: New South Wales (exact locality disputed; see LeCroy, 2008:117)
Non-type specimens:
AMNH 598072
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mathews, Gregory M. (1912). A reference-list to the birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-446.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Amytornis textilis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 May 2013.
Black, Andrew B. (2011). Subspecies of the Thick-Billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus (Aves-Maluridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 135(1): 26-38. [Abstract]
Black, Andrew B. (2016). Reappraisal of plumage and morphometric diversity in Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus (North, 1902), with description of a new subspecies. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 136(1): 58-68.
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.
Black, Andrew B., Jansen, Justin J. F., van der Mije, Steven and Fisher, Clemency T. (2014). On the identification and provenance of some early specimens of grasswrens (Maluridae: Amytornis) and their significance for taxonomy and nomenclature. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 134(1): 52-61.
Carter, T. (1909). Re Amytis varia, Carter. Victorian Naturalist 26: 95. ["Carter (1909: 95) noted that his Amytis varia was considered a synonym of ‘‘Amytis macrura’’ (= Amytis macrourus Gould, 1847, a synonym of Amytornis textilis textilis (Dumont, 1824))" (source: LeCroy, 2008:115)]
LeCroy, Mary. (2008). Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 7. Passeriformes: Sylviidae, Muscicapidae, Platysteiridae, Maluridae, Acanthizidae, Monarchidae, Rhipiduridae, and Petroicidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 313: 1-287.
Mathews, Gregory M. (1923). The birds of Australia. Vol. 10. Parts 3-7: 146-423, pls. 466-490. London: H.F. & G. Witherby.
McAllan, I. A. W. (1987). Early records of the Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis textilis and Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus in New South Wales. Australian Birds 28: 65-70.
McAllan, I. A. W. (2000). On some New South Wales records of the Grey Grasswren and Thick-billed Grasswren. Australian Birdwatcher 18: 244-246.
Parker, S. A. (1972). Remarks on distribution and taxonomy of the grass wrens Amytornis textilis, modestus and purnelli. Emu 72: 157-166.
Schodde, R. (1982). The Fairy-Wrens. A Monograph of the Maluridae. Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne.
Schodde, R. and Mason, I. J. (1999). The Directory of Australian Birds: Passerines. CSIRO, Collingwood, Victoria.
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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