Australian Painted-snipe

Rostratula australis - Rhynchée d'Australie

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Rostratulidés
Genus
:
Rostratula
Species
:
australis

Descriptor

Gould, 1838

Biometrics

Size
: 30 cm
Wingspan
: 50 à 54 cm.
Weight
: 125 à 130 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Australian Painted-snipe (Rostratula australis) is a species of bird in the Rostratulidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Rhynchée d'Australie,
Aguatero australiano,
narceja-colorida,
Schmuckschnepfe,
ausztrál guvatszalonka,
Australische Goudsnip,
Beccaccino dorato australiano,
australisk rallbeckasin,
Australriksesnipe,
slukovec hnedý,
Australsk Riksesneppe,
australiankurppo,
becadell pintat australià,
złotosłonka australijska,
Австралийский цветной бекас,
オーストラリアタマシギ,
澳洲彩鹬,
澳洲彩鷸,

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
Vol. 3 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest