Species profile—Rostratula australis (Australian painted-snipe)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Rostratulidae (painted snipe) → Rostratula australis (Australian painted-snipe)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Rostratulidae (painted snipe)
- 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 - Alternate name(s)
- Australian painted snipe
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Endangered
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- 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 4.0.
https://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.
