Amytornis textilis macrourus Gould, 1847
Large-tailed wren
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Amytis macrourus Gould, 1847; Amytis macrurus Gould, 1847
Not recognised by (Johnstone, 2001:84), but recognised by (Johnstone & Darnell, 2015) following (Johnstone & Storr, 2004).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 2 November 1910
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Wongan Hills?, Western Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gould, John. (1847). Descriptions of six new species of Australian birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 157 & 158, 2.
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.
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). 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. Axiom Publishing.
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.
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 Storr, G. M. (2004). Handbook of Western Australian birds, Vol. 2. Perth, W.A.: Western Australian Museum.
North, A. J. (1910). On the nest and eggs of the Large tailed Grass-Wren Amytis macrurus, Gould. The Victorian Naturalist 26: 158-160.
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