Species profile—Rostratula australis (Australian painted snipe)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes) → Rostratula australis (Australian painted snipe)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Rostratulidae (Painted Snipes)
- Scientific name
- Rostratula australis (Gould, 1838)
- Common name
- Australian painted snipe
- Type reference
- Gould, J. (1838). A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia and the Adjacent Islands. Part 4. The author, London.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1883
- Synonym(s)
- Rostratula benghalensis
Rostratula benghalensis australis
Rhynchaea australis - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Medium
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
- Species environment
- Marine & Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1883
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
