Thick-billed Grasswren

Amytornis modestus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Maluridae
Genus
Amytornis
eBird Code
thbgra4

Subspecies (7)

  • Amytornis modestus cowarie

    southeastern central Australia (northeast of Lake Eyre, central South Australia)

  • Amytornis modestus curnamona

    southeastern central Australia (southwestern Lake Frome Basin, central South Australia)

  • Amytornis modestus indulkanna

    southeastern central Australia (western Lake Eyre Basin, northern South Australia)

  • Amytornis modestus inexpectatus

    formerly central southeastern Australia (southwestern and north-central New South Wales); extinct, last recorded 1890s

  • Amytornis modestus modestus

    formerly central Australia (MacDonnell Ranges, southern Northern Territory); extinct, last recorded 1930s

  • Amytornis modestus obscurior

    southeastern central Australia (northwestern New South Wales)

  • Amytornis modestus raglessi

    southeastern central Australia (southern Lake Eyre Basin, central South Australia)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.