Painted-snipe - Classification

Classification

• Family Rostratulidae: painted-snipes
  • Genus Rostratula:
    • Rostratula benghalensis, Greater Painted-snipe - Found in marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.
    • Rostratula australis, Australian Painted-snipe - Rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia.
    • †Rostratula minator - Extinct species described from pliocene deposits in South Africa.
  • Genus Nycticryptes:
    • Nycticryphes semicollaris, South American Painted-snipe - Inhabits grassy marshland in southern South America.