Painted Snipe
Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Rostratulidae
The painted snipes are a family of three snipe-like birds found in South America, Asia, and Australia. The Australian species has recently been split from the Asian Greater Painted Snipe and is a vagrant to Tasmania.
- Australian Painted Snipe, Rostratula australis (V)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Tasmania
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