Family

Rostratulidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Charadriiformes › Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-Snipe

Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rostratula benghalensis, the greater painted-snipe, is a sexually dimorphic medium-sized shorebird found across Africa and South/Southeast Asia.

Australian Painted-Snipe

Rostratula australis (Gould, 1838)

Rostratula australis, the Australian painted-snipe, is an endemic Australian wading bird of patchy distribution in shallow freshwater wetlands.

South American Painted-Snipe

Nycticryphes semicollaris (Vieillot, 1816)

Nycticryphes semicollaris, the South American painted-snipe, lives in southern South American lowland freshwater wetlands and has distinct plumage and physical traits.

Related Families

Laridae 98 species Scolopacidae 73 species Charadriidae 42 species Alcidae 21 species Glareolidae 13 species Haematopodidae 11 species Recurvirostridae 9 species Burhinidae 8 species

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