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WetlandScrapeMedium · 121 g
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The head, neck and upper breast is chocolate brown (in the male, dark grey with a buff median stripe on the crown), fading to rufous in the centre of the hindneck and merging to dark, barred grey on the back. There is a cream comma-shaped mark around the eye. A white stripe on the side of the breast and over the shoulders is diagnostic. The upperwing is grey (with buff spots in the male). The lower breast and underbody are white. Males are generally slightly smaller and less bright than females. Juveniles are similar to adult males. No call has been recorded.
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When to see the Australian Painted-snipe
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Australian Painted-snipe
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Australian Painted-snipe
The Australian painted-snipe is a medium-sized, long-billed, distinctively patterned wader.
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