Magnamytis kimberleyi, Mathews, 1923 The black grasswren (Amytornis housei), known as dalal to the Wunambal people,[2] is a species of bird in the family Maluridae.

[4] Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and open woodland, punctuated by large sandstone boulders and slabs.

Black grasswrens are not highly mobile and have possibly become locally extinct around Manning Creek due to fire before 2007.

[6] The black grasswren is seldom seen – even when most people visit (in the cooler months), it hides in cracks and fissures in sandstone.

[7] The nest is an oval structure of dried grass stems and leaves in tussocks of soft spinifex (Triodia pungens).