Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)

Carpentarian Grasswren (Amytornis dorotheae) - HBW 12, p. 529

French: Amytis de Dorothy German: Carpentariagrasschlüpfer Spanish: Maluro de Carpentaria
Other common names: Dorothy’s/Lesser White-throated/Red-winged/Spinifex/Carpenter Grasswren

Taxonomy: Magnamytis woodwardi dorotheae Mathews, 1914, Macarthur River, north-east Northern Territory, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with A. woodwardi; other relationships uncertain. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Northern Territory and NW Queensland (inland from S Gulf of Carpentaria), in N Australia.