CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Rostratula australis  

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

These two birds continued to ignore us and eventually we left them. They were gone the next day and did not return!

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