Australian Painted Snipe
Colour pencil on 300gsm paper
A3 (W 420mm x H 297mm)
Unframed
(Frame in picture is for display only. The illustration will be wrapped with heavy card and posted securely, ready to place in your own preferred A3 picture frame.)

Delivery within Australia only.

The Australian Painted Snipe is found in all main-land states, inhabiting many different types of shallow, brackish or freshwater wetlands. They usually spend much of the day loafing quietly beneath the cover of low shrubs or other vegetation; they become active around dusk and remain active throughout the night. It is probable that the loss and alteration of wetland habitat since European settlement is a key factor in the species decline, particularly in the Murray–Darling Basin, an area known to be important to the Australian Painted Snipe. It is threatened by the drainage of wetlands and the diversion of water from major rivers for irrigation, which prevents shallow wetlands from forming.

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