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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Maluridae .
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Examples
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Distribution and status of the Carpentarian grass-wren Amytornis dorotheae.
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The Carpentarian grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) is largely restricted to sandstone escarpment of the Gulf Fall.
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Species endemic to this ecoregion include the grey grasswren (Amytornis barbatus) and the kowari (Dasycercus byrnei), which is listed as vulnerable on the 2000 IUCN Red List.
Simpson desert 2008
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A number of reptiles are endemic, including the massive Oenpelli python (Morelia oenpelliensis), as are a number of birds, e.g. the black-banded fruit-dove (Ptilonopus alligator), chestnut-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa rufipennis), and white-throated grass-wren (Amytornis woodwardi).
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Among the birds, the black grass-wren (Amytornis housei) and white-quilled rock-pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) are endemic.
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