Spinifexbird
Megalurus carteri (North, 1900)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The spinifexbird (Megalurus carteri) is a species in the family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 12.2 g.
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Quick facts about the spinifexbird
- Weight
- 12.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the spinifexbird live?
Not recorded
Is the spinifexbird endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the spinifexbird classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyLocustellidae
- genusMegalurus
- SpeciesMegalurus carteri (North, 1900)
Synonyms Eremiormis carteri, Eremiornis carteri, Eremiornis carteri assimilis, Eremiornis carteri queenslandicus, Eremiornis carteri rogersi, Poodytes carteri
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- camperol del spinifexCatalan
- cistovníkovec spinifexovýCzech
- SpinifexsängerGerman
- Yerbera del SpinifexSpanish
- australiankerttuFinnish
- Mégalure du spinifexFrench
- Uccello dello spinifexItalian
- マルオセッカJapanese
- eremijaLithuanian
- spinifexsangerNorwegian Bokmål
- SpinifexzangerDutch
- kępaczek trawiastyPolish
- ЭремияRussian
- svrkavec spinifexovýSlovak
- spinifexgräsfågelSwedish
Relatives of the spinifexbird
Other species in the same genus Megalurus.
Striated grassbird
Megalurus palustris
Tawny grassbird
Megalurus timoriensis
Fly river grassbird
Megalurus albolimbatus
Little grassbird
Megalurus gramineus
Brown Songlark
Megalurus cruralis
CompareSpinifexbird vs Striated grassbirdSpinifexbird vs Tawny grassbirdSpinifexbird vs Megalurus macrurusSpinifexbird vs Fly river grassbird
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the spinifexbird?
An adult spinifexbird weighs 12.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the spinifexbird?
The spinifexbird (Megalurus carteri) belongs to the family Locustellidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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