Painted-snipe
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The Rostratulidae, commonly known as the painted-snipes, are a family of wading birds that consists of two genera: Rostratula and Nycticryphes.
Rostratula benghalensis small
Rostratula benghalensis with chicks
Rostratula benghalensis egg
Greater painted snipe 3
Greater painted-snipe
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The greater painted-snipe is a species of wader in the small painted-snipe family Rostratulidae. It widely distributed across Africa and southern Asia and is found in a variety of wetland habitats, in
Painted-snipe
…although considerable differences indicate that it may only be an endemic African species that has become extinct, rather than a direct ancestor of R. benghalensis. The Australian painted-snipe was described as Rostratula australis by John Gould in 1838, although later lumped with the similar greater painted-snipe…
Greater Painted snipe male, Kruger NP
Greater painted snipe female kannur@kattampally birds 15
The female on the left is more colourful.