Species Amytornis (Amytornis) goyderi (Gould, 1875)

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• Amytis goyderi Gould, J. 1875. Further contributions to the Ornithology of Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 16: 285-287 [Date published 1 Oct 1875] [286].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.5.1.516 adult ♂, SA: Macumba River, Lake Eyre; BMNH, SA: Macumba River, Lake Eyre.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Sand-plain hummock grassfield.

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Eyrean Grasswren)

History of changes