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More finch-like bill than other grasswrens.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Small, pale, streaked bird with darker face and long cocked tail, found in canegrass clumps on the crests of large sand dunes in the Simpson and Strzelecki Deserts. Upperparts pale brown with faint white streaks, with darker face and pale unstreaked underparts, the adult female showing a small rusty flank patch.
More finch-like bill than other grasswrens. Usually seen scurrying around canegrass clumps.
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