The Rostratulidae, commonly known as the painted-snipes, are a family of wading birds that consists of two genera: Rostratula and Nycticryphes.
Painted-snipe
Rostratula benghalensis with chicks
Rostratula benghalensis egg
Image: Greater painted snipe 3
Waders or shorebirds are birds of the order Charadriiformes commonly found wading along shorelines and mudflats in order to forage for food crawling or burrowing in the mud and sand, usually small arthropods such as aquatic insects or crustaceans. The term "wader" is used in Europe, while "shorebird" is used in North America, where "wader" may be used instead to refer to long-legged wading birds such as storks and herons.
Wader
Waders roosting on the beach at high tide
Waders in flight
Common ringed plover wading on a shore