Australian Painted-snipe - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by keith h
Edithvale Wetlands, Victoria, Australia, October 2008

Rostratula australis

Distribution

Locally in east and northern Australia.
Vagrant to Tasmania.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly considered conspecific with Greater Painted-snipe.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Avibase

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Australian Painted-snipe. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Australian_Painted-snipe

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