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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
Clarke, J. 2014. The role of fire in the ecology and conservation of the Black Grasswren (Amytornis housei) in the northwest Kimberley, Australia. BSc (Hons) thesis. Charles Darwin University.
Clarke, J., Swann, G., Legge, S.M., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Black Grasswren Amytornis housei. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 558-559. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Garnett, S.T., Szabo, J.K. and Dutson, G. 2011. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
Hadden, D. 2007. Black grasswrens feast on termites – a party of Black Grasswrens enjoy a crunchy feast. Wingspan 17: 29.
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Johnstone, R.E.; Storr, G.M. 2004. Handbook of Western Australian birds, volume II: passerines (blue-winged pitta to goldfinch). Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia.
Rowley, I.; Russell, E. 1997. Fairy-Wrens and Grasswrens: Maluridae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Woinarski, J. C. Z., and Legge, S. 2013. The impacts of fire on birds in Australia’s tropical savannas. Emu 113: 319–352.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black Grasswren Amytornis housei. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-grasswren-amytornis-housei on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.