CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Rostratula australis  

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)
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© Geoff Walker 2011
Bowra Station, QLD (Sep, 2011)

At first they fed under a dead tree in the lagoon.

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe

Australian Painted Snipe (Rostratula australis)

Australian Painted Snipe