Robbie Brown wrote:
> SHORT-TAILED GRASSWREN ??? Does such a bird exist? If it does
> could someone give me the generic name? It's a new one on me !
> Maybe I'm getting too old for this game!!
Previously just the Flinders Ranges subspecies of Striated Grasswren
Amytornis striatus, recently promoted to full species on the basis of
genetics, etc. - Short-tailed Grasswren A. merrotsyi. You'll find a picture
of it (as a Striated Gw ssp) in Pizzey & Knight.
L.
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