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text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Amytornis purnelli</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Gregory_Mathews" title="Gregory Mathews">Mathews</a>, 1914) <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i>Diaphorillas textilis purnelli</i> (<a href="/wiki/Protonym" class="mw-redirect" title="Protonym">protonym</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>dusky grasswren</b> (<i><b>Amytornis purnelli</b></i>) is a species of small <a href="/wiki/Passerine" title="Passerine">passerine</a> <a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">bird</a> in the family <a href="/wiki/Maluridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Maluridae">Maluridae</a>. The species is <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to Australia but is limited to inland areas of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dusky grasswren is superficially similar in appearance to a number of the other grasswrens in the genus <i>Amytornis</i>, but is the only member of this genus to exclusively inhabit rocky ranges across <a href="/wiki/Central_Australia" title="Central Australia">Central Australia</a>. It has a predominantly brown base colour to its plumage with fine pale streaking over the head breast and mantle. The brown of the plumage is a richer chestnut on the back and pale to almost buff on the belly and vent. The most obvious difference between sexes is the bright rusty-brown spot on the fore-flanks of the adult female and all birds exhibit the characteristic cocked tail posture common to all malurids. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Field_identification">Field identification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Field identification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amytornis_purnelli,_female,_close-up.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Amytornis purnelli, female, close-up" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Amytornis_purnelli%2C_female%2C_close-up.jpg/300px-Amytornis_purnelli%2C_female%2C_close-up.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Amytornis_purnelli%2C_female%2C_close-up.jpg/450px-Amytornis_purnelli%2C_female%2C_close-up.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Amytornis_purnelli%2C_female%2C_close-up.jpg/600px-Amytornis_purnelli%2C_female%2C_close-up.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1469" data-file-height="1404" /></a><figcaption>Amytornis purnelli, female, close-up</figcaption></figure> <p>The species is easily identified within its core range by its distinctive vocalisations (see further information below). The mouse-like, strongly terrestrial, habits of the species can make it difficult to observe clearly within its preferred habitat of boulder-strewn rocky hillsides covered with spinifex grasses. But when observed well, the cocked tail, overall brown colouration and strongly terrestrial habits should be sufficient to achieve a positive identification. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_species">Similar species</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Similar species"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dusky grasswren is similar in shape and form to most of the other species in <i>Amytornis</i>, but is relatively unmistakable if seen well in the field. It probably<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="Who says this? (December 2024)">weasel words</span></a></i>]</sup> doesn't overlap in its use of habitat with any other species of grasswren and also differs in its vocalisations. The species most likely to cause confusion are the <a href="/wiki/Kalkadoon_grasswren" title="Kalkadoon grasswren">Kalkadoon grasswren</a> (<i>Amytornis ballarae</i>), with which it was considered conspecific until 1999,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Thick-billed_grasswren" title="Thick-billed grasswren">thick-billed grasswren</a> (<i>Amytornis modestus</i>). The former only occurs well to the north-east of the currently-known distribution of dusky grasswren; the latter is considered extinct in the Northern Territory<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and only occurs to the south and east of the known distribution of dusky grasswren in South Australia. </p><p>Dusky grasswren might also be confused with <a href="/wiki/Striated_grasswren" title="Striated grasswren">striated grasswren</a> (<i>A. striatus</i>) but is not currently-known to occur in the sand plain and dunefield habitat of this species. Striated grasswren is also so boldly marked by comparison to dusky grasswren that it should be unlikely to cause any confusion in the field. Fairywrens within family Maluridae overlap with dusky grasswren in both their distribution and use of habitat including: <a href="/wiki/Splendid_fairywren" title="Splendid fairywren">splendid fairywren</a> (<i>Malurus splendens</i>); <a href="/wiki/Purple-backed_fairywren" title="Purple-backed fairywren">purple-backed fairywren</a> (<i>M. assimilis</i>); and <a href="/wiki/White-winged_fairywren" title="White-winged fairywren">white-winged fairywren</a> (<i>M. leucopterus</i>). </p><p>Although these species may display a superficial resemblance to the dusky grasswren in their contact calls, their posture and manner of moving, and their general size and shape, if properly seen and heard in full song they are easy to separate. The fairywren species are all a uniform grey colour (except for breeding males which will sport brightly-coloured alternate plumage) with varying amounts of blue visible on adult's tails. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vocalisations">Vocalisations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Vocalisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This species most often reveals itself initially with a sharp, metallic tutting in alarm or a drawn-out <i>seeeep</i> contact call. The vocal repertoire of the dusky grasswren is varied and includes trills, high-pitched whistles, rapid twittering, and high-speed warbling.<sup id="cite_ref-afjoafewjoi_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afjoafewjoi-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the richness in the calls is difficult for humans to detect due to the extreme speed with which they are performed. When recordings are slowed however, the extensive lexicon used by the species becomes more obvious. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="16" data-mwtitle="Tennant_Creek_Dusky_Grasswren_01.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Tennant_Creek_Dusky_Grasswren_01.ogg"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Tennant_Creek_Dusky_Grasswren_01.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/Tennant_Creek_Dusky_Grasswren_01.ogg/Tennant_Creek_Dusky_Grasswren_01.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>A dusky grasswren (<i>Amytornis purnelli</i>) from the Tennant Creek, NT population singing</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg/220px-Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg/330px-Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg/440px-Dusky_Grasswren_spectrogram.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1718" data-file-height="856" /></a><figcaption>A spectrogram of the trill call of a dusky grasswren</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geographic_variations">Geographic variations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geographic variations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some geographic variations have been noted<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but further research is required before a determination can be made as to whether these variations are sufficient to warrant taxonomic recognition. There are vocal differences (more stentorian and staccato in the north of their range) as well as plumage differences (birds are observed to be paler in the north of their range and richer rufous-brown in the south). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Habitat">Habitat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Across their entire range, dusky grasswrens adhere to the same habitat type: rocky ranges and outcrops, often preferring tumbled talus or scree, and with areas of thick, long-unburnt spinifex grasses in the genus <i>Triodia</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are not known to use sandplain habitat adjacent to rocky areas which may be one factor giving rise to the patchiness of their occurrence across Central Australia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diet">Diet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Diet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the wild dusky grasswrens have been observed feeding on a range of small arthropods and other invertebrates; seeds;<sup id="cite_ref-afjoafewjoi_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afjoafewjoi-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and small desert fruits but there are few published accounts of wild feeding observations. In captivity the species has been observed to subsist on a typical aviary feed-out of meat mix, greens and vegetables enriched with a variety of live invertebrate prey including cockroaches and mealworms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_captivity">In captivity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In captivity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg/220px-Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg/330px-Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg/440px-Captive_Dusky_Grasswren_at_Alice_Springs_Desert_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2454" data-file-height="2893" /></a><figcaption>An adult female dusky grasswren at Alice Springs Desert Park with metal leg band visible</figcaption></figure> <p>The species has been successfully kept in captivity at <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs_Desert_Park" title="Alice Springs Desert Park">Alice Springs Desert Park</a> since 2009 where it has also been successfully bred and released back into the wild.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dusky_grasswren" title="Special:EditPage/Dusky grasswren">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The species was considered polytypic until 1999 when the subspecies <i>A. purnelli ballarae</i> was elevated to species as Kalkadoon grasswren (<i>A. ballarae</i>) by Schodde & Mason in the Directory of Australian Birds. This leaves dusky grasswren as a monotypic species occupying a vast but disjunct range. In this same publication however, Schodde & Mason also observed that the dusky grasswren is "probably polytypic". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution">Distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dusky_grasswren" title="Special:EditPage/Dusky grasswren">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The majority of the range of the dusky grasswren is very remote terrain with little or no regular human visitation. As such, its distribution is very poorly known and although its range covers a large area on the map, it may occupy this region very patchily and be absent from much of it. The northernmost records of the species come from the Ashburton Range near Banka Banka in the Northern Territory; the most southerly are in the Musgrave, Mann and Tomkinson Ranges of South Australia. They have been observed as far west as the Schwern-Mural Crescent near Giles in Western Australia and as far east as the Davenport and Murchison Ranges in the Northern Territory. Within this region there are very large areas of unsuitable habitat separating populations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Status_and_conservation">Status and conservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Status and conservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>None of the IUCN criteria for threat classification are triggered by the dusky grasswren, mainly due to its very large range. Although detailed population and distributional data are lacking, it is assumed to have a stable population across a wide distribution and, as such, is not considered vulnerable to becoming an endangered species.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Threats">Threats</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Threats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are no published accounts of dusky grasswren being preyed upon by introduced predators but it is likely that they are eaten by cats and foxes. Other species within <i>Amytornis</i> have been found in the stomach contents of feral cats.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise there are no published data on the impacts of fire on this species but there are abundant anecdotal accounts suggesting that it may take decades for birds to return to habitat once it has been burnt. If this is the case, then changing fire management practices and changes to natural fuel loads caused by the encroachment of invasive weeds<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may need to be considered as possible threatening processes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_interaction">Human interaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Human interaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dusky_grasswren" title="Special:EditPage/Dusky grasswren">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Due to their cryptic nature and perhaps the allure of their remote homelands, all of the grasswrens in the genus <i>Amytornis</i> have attracted devotees among ornithologists and birdwatchers from around the world. Most grasswrens are notoriously difficult to find and, even once found, they can be frustratingly difficult to observe. In addition to being the only species on display in captivity, the dusky grasswren has a reputation as being one of the easier grasswrens to see in the wild. It occurs in healthy numbers in the MacDonnell Range close to the major outback town of <a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs" title="Alice Springs">Alice Springs</a> in the Northern Territory and has been regularly recorded and well-photographed in this vicinity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indigenous_knowledge">Indigenous knowledge</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Indigenous knowledge"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to its large range, the dusky grasswren occurs in the traditional lands of dozens of Indigenous peoples of central Australia. It is not known to be referred to by a specific epithet in any of the languages of central Australia but may be called by a number of names which are broadly applied to a number of small bird species. The species may be referred to as <i>mirilyirilyi</i> in <a href="/wiki/Pitjantjatjara" title="Pitjantjatjara">Pitjantjatjara</a>/<a href="/wiki/Yankunytjatjara_dialect" title="Yankunytjatjara dialect">Yankunytjatjara</a>; <i>jiwilyirrilyirri</i> in <a href="/wiki/Warlpiri_language" title="Warlpiri language">Warlpiri</a>; and <i>lyerr-lyerr</i> in <a href="/wiki/Anmatyerre" class="mw-redirect" title="Anmatyerre">Anmatyerre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Upper_Arrernte_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Arrernte language">Arrernte</a> but these are all names which are also used for species of Fairywren within the genus <i>Malurus</i>. The only published Indigenous epithets that may apply specifically to either dusky grasswren or striated grasswren are <i>antyarlkarleny</i> from <a href="/wiki/Alyawarre" title="Alyawarre">Alyawarre</a>; <i>ntyalkarlenye</i> from <a href="/wiki/Kaytetye_language" title="Kaytetye language">Kaytetye</a>; and <i>tjinytjirlirlin(pa)</i> from <a href="/wiki/Ngaanyatjarra_dialect" title="Ngaanyatjarra dialect">Ngaanyatjarra</a>/<a href="/wiki/Ngaatjatjarra_dialect" title="Ngaatjatjarra dialect">Ngaatjatjarra</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dusky_grasswren&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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grasswren">White-throated grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carpentarian_grasswren" title="Carpentarian grasswren">Carpentarian grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short-tailed_grasswren" title="Short-tailed grasswren">Short-tailed grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Striated_grasswren" title="Striated grasswren">Striated grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyrean_grasswren" title="Eyrean grasswren">Eyrean grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_grasswren" title="Western grasswren">Western grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thick-billed_grasswren" title="Thick-billed grasswren">Thick-billed grasswren</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dusky grasswren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalkadoon_grasswren" title="Kalkadoon grasswren">Kalkadoon grasswren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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title="wikidata:Q1302833">Q1302833</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Amytornis_purnelli" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Amytornis purnelli">Amytornis purnelli</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Animal_Diversity_Web" title="Animal Diversity Web">ADW</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Amytornis_purnelli/">Amytornis_purnelli</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Faunal_Directory" title="Australian Faunal Directory">AFD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Amytornis_%28Amytornis%29_purnelli">Amytornis_(Amytornis)_purnelli</a></span></span></li> <li><span 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href="https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/dusgra1">dusgra1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/D9Q3">D9Q3</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/EBird" title="EBird">eBird</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ebird.org/species/dusgra1">dusgra1</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2487540">2487540</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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