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Species profile—Amytornis rowleyi (rusty grasswren)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Maluridae (fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens) → Amytornis rowleyi (rusty grasswren)

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Maluridae (fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens)
Scientific name
Amytornis rowleyi (Gould, 1840)
Common name
rusty grasswren
WildNet taxon ID
1568
Synonym(s)
Amytornis striatus
Amytornis striatus whitei
Amytornis striatus rowleyi
Alternate name(s)
striated grasswren
rusty striated grasswren
Opalton grasswren
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Near threatened
Conservation significant
Yes
Confidential
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1568.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022