Black Grasswren

Amytornis housei

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesRockyDomed nestSmall · 29 g

What the Black Grasswren sounds like

Sonogram of the Black Grasswren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JACOB Hervé · Mitchell Plateau, Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia · CC0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black Grasswren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JACOB Hervé · Call · Mitchell Plateau, Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Black Grasswren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JACOB Hervé · Uncertain · Mitchell Plateau, Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Black Grasswren

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black Grasswren

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black Grasswren

The black grasswren, known as dalal to the Wunambal people, is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to Western Australia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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