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Australian Painted-snipe
Rostratula australis (Gould, 1838)
Rostratulidae — Painted-snipes
Australian Painted-snipe, Rostratula australis, is an endemic Australian wader in the family Rostratulidae, breeding across most of Australia but not the west-central, north-central, north-eastern or Tasmanian regions. It was first described by Gould in 1838. The bird is linked to shallow freshwater wetlands with dense low cover, and its presence in any one place is irregular. It is a long-billed species with a strongly marked plumage, including a cream mark around the eye and a white stripe along the breast and shoulder area.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Rostratulidae — Painted-snipes
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Australia (except wc, nc, ne, Tasmania)
