Fairy-wrens (Maluridae)

Short-tailed Grasswren (Amytornis merrotsyi) - HBW 12, p. 530

French: Amytis de Merrotsy German: Kurzschwanz-Grasschlüpfer Spanish: Maluro Colicorto
Other common names: Chestnut-mantled Grasswren

Taxonomy: Amytornis merrotsyi Mellor, 1913, Yudnamutana, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Forms a superspecies with A. striatus. Until recently considered conspecific, but falls outside range of intraspecific variation found in latter species, and possibly sympatric with it in Gawler Ranges; separation at species level further supported by protein evidence. Monotypic.

Distribution: Gawler Ranges and Flinders Ranges, in South Australia.