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Opalton Grasswren
Amytornis rowleyi Schodde & Mason, IJ, 1999
Maluridae — Australasian Wrens
Opalton Grasswren, Amytornis rowleyi, is a passerine of the Maluridae family found in the Forsyth Ranges of eastern Queensland, Australia, including the Opalton and Lark Quarry area south of Winton. It was first described in 1999 and later recognised as a separate species. The bird was once treated as part of the striated grasswren complex and was formerly known as the rusty grasswren. It is the only grasswren recorded in its range, and it has a reddish-brown back with black and white streaking, white underparts and a black moustache.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Maluridae — Australasian Wrens
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Forsyth Ranges c QLD (ec Australia)
