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Australian Painted-snipe
Rostratula australis(Gould, 1838)
EndangeredEndemic
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Rostratulidae
- Genus
- Rostratula
- Conservation
- Endangered
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Australian painted-snipe is a medium-sized, long-billed, distinctively patterned wader.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Australia (except west-central, north-central, north-east, Tasmania)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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