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 China.
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of China
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