Species profile
Australian Painted-snipe
Rostratula australis
Quick answer
E and n Australia; vagrant to Tasmania
- Scientific name
- Rostratula australis
- Family
- Rostratulidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Rostratula
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Australian Painted-snipe in your journal
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