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Pilbara Grasswren

Amytornis whitei

Not Evaluated · IUCN Red List

NENot EvaluatedEndemicOmnivoreGrassland20 g
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 1
Photo: Morgan Lythe · CC BY 4.0
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 2
Photo: Morgan Lythe · CC BY 4.0
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 3
Photo: loz88woz · CC BY 4.0
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 4
Photo: Gavin Goodyear · CC BY 4.0
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 5
Photo: Morgan Lythe · CC BY 4.0
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 6
Photo: (c) Morgan Lythe, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Pilbara Grasswren (Amytornis whitei), photo 7
Photo: (c) loz88woz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Pilbara Grasswren sounds like

Sonogram of the Pilbara Grasswren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JACOB Hervé · Song · Ayers Rock Airport (near Yulara), Un-Incorporated (Yulara) Area, Northern Territory, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Pilbara Grasswren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JACOB Hervé · Song · Ayers Rock Airport (near Yulara), Un-Incorporated (Yulara) Area, Northern Territory, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Pilbara Grasswren: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by JACOB Hervé · Song · Ayers Rock Airport (near Yulara), Un-Incorporated (Yulara) Area, Northern Territory, Australia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Pilbara Grasswren

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Pilbara Grasswren

Regular range

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

Australia

About the Pilbara Grasswren

The Pilbara grasswren, also known as the rufous grasswren, is an insectivorous bird in the Australasian wren family Maluridae. It is found in Western Australia. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the sandhill grasswren.

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

Easily confused with

Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) Carpentarian GrasswrenAmytornis dorotheaeThe Carpentarian grasswren is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. Opalton Grasswren (Amytornis rowleyi) Opalton GrasswrenAmytornis rowleyiThe Opalton grasswren is the only grasswren in its range. Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei) Black GrasswrenAmytornis houseiThe black grasswren, known as dalal to the Wunambal people, is a species of bird in the family Maluridae.

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