Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Spinifexbird (Eremiornis carteri) - HBW 11, p. 581
French: Mégalure du spinifex
German: Spinifexsänger
Spanish: Yerbera del Spinifex
Other common names: (Carter’s) Desertbird
Taxonomy: Eremiornis carteri North, 1900, North Cape West, north-western Australia.
Although not dissimilar to Megalurus, combination of unstreaked plumage and long tail-coverts unique in such a specialized, long-tailed species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia: very patchily from coastal Western Australia (including some islands) E in arid uplands (in band between 19° S and 26° S) to W & C Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on the grass and, then, moving in a tree Locality Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 4 years ago 28 sec 3
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single bird perched in low shrub on spinifex covered slope
Locality Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Mat Gilfedder 31 weeks ago 2.6 -
distant bird perched
Locality Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Mat Gilfedder 26 April 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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