List of Birds of South Korea - Painted Snipe

Painted Snipe

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Rostratulidae

Painted snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in South Korea.

  • Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis

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