Subspecies Amytornis (Amytornis) modestus inexpectatus (Mathews, 1912) (Extinct)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Diaphorillas textilis inexpectatus Mathews, G.M. 1912. A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455 [Date published 31 Jan 1912] [365].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 598073 adult ♂, NSW.

  Type locality references:

  Parker, S.A. 1972. Remarks on distribution and taxonomy of the grass wrens Amytornis textilis, modestus and purnelli. The Emu 72: 157-166 (for possible locality).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Christidis, L., Rheindt, F.E., Boles, W.E. & Norman, J.A. 2013. A re-appraisal of species diversity within the Australian grasswrens Amytornis (Aves: Maluridae). Australian Zoologist 36(4): 429-437 [435]

 

Generic Combinations

• Amytornis (Amytornis) modestus inexpectatus (Mathews, 1912). —
  Black, A. 2011. Subspecies of the thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus (Aves-MALURIDAE). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 135(1): 26-38 [37]

 

Introduction

A. (A.) modestus inexpectatus re-instated by Black (2011), as subspecies, but presumed extinct

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV)

Ecological Descriptors

Chenopodiaceous steppe.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
18-Aug-2021	MALURIDAE Swainson, 1831	17-Apr-2023	MODIFIED
23-Apr-2018	Amytornis Stejneger, 1885	18-Apr-2018	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	PASSERIFORMES	28-Jun-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		20-Feb-2013	ADDED