Grey Grasswren
Amytornis barbatus ‡
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA IMG_7972 20180629 - diamantina
Notes: Distinctive black stripes on white. Long tail. Upper parts
light brown to rufous, streaked
white. Female black stripes finer. Ssp
diamantina larger than nominate barbatus, & redder on
back.
Call a high-pitched metallic twittering. In swamps of tall lignum; forages in
adjacent cane
grass, saltbush.
Range from Morcombe©
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA IMG_7958 20180629 - diamantina
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA IMG_7975 20180629 - diamantina
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA IMG_7960 20180629 - diamantina
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA IMG_7971 20180629 - diamantina
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA IMG_7986 20180629 - diamantina
Birdsville Track, 91 km S, NE SA MVI_7992 20180629 - diamantina