Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae (Painted-snipes)  
Genus: Rostratula (2 species)


Australian Painted-snipe
Australian Painted-snipe (Rostratula australis) Endangered
Range: AU: Australia (except wc, nc, ne, Tasmania)
Crusoe Reservoir, Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Greater Painted-snipe
Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
Range: AF, OR: widespread inland Africa and tropical to subtropical (locally temperate) Asia: Africa and Madagascar; Indus Valley (c Pakistan) to s China, c Japan, Philippines and e Lesser Sundas
Thailand  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.



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