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The Australian painted-snipe (''Rostratula australis'') is a medium-sized, long-billed, distinctively patterned wader. ==Taxonomy== The distinctiveness of the Australian painted-snipe was recognised by John Gould in 1838 when he described and named it ''Rostratula australis''. However, it was subsequently lumped with the greater painted-snipe ''Rostratula benghalensis''. More recently it has been shown that the differences between these taxa warrant recognition at the species level. Compared with the greater painted-snipe, the Australian painted-snipe: * has a longer wing, shorter bill and shorter tarsus * has a chocolate brown, rather than rufous, head and neck in the female * has round, rather than flat and visually barred, spots on the tail (female) and upper wing-coverts (male) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian painted-snipe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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