List of Southern African Birds - Painted-snipe

Painted-snipe

Order: Charadriiformes. Family: Rostratulidae

Painted snipes are three distinctive wader species placed together in their own family Rostratulidae. They are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but much more brightly coloured. There are three species of Painted-snipe worldwide, one in Southern Africa.

  • Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis

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