Amytornis

Translingual

Amytornis purnelli

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἄμυτις (Ámutis, “Achaemenid princess”) + ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

Proper noun

Amytornis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Maluridae – the grasswrens.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Amytornis ballarae (Kalkadoon grasswren), Amytornis barbatus (grey grasswren), Amytornis dorotheae (Carpenterian grasswren), Amytornis goyderi (Eyrean grasswren), Amytornis housei (black grasswren), Amytornis merrotsyi (short-tailed grasswren), Amytornis purnelli (dusky grasswren), Amytornis striatus (striated grasswren), Amytornis textilis (western grasswren), Amytornis woodwardi (white-throated grasswren) (species)

References

• Amytornis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amytornis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amytornis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN