Painted-snipes (Rostratulidae)
Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) - HBW 3, p. 300
French: Rhynchée peinte
German: Goldschnepfe
Spanish: Aguatero Bengalí
Taxonomy: Rallus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758, Asia.
Races formerly regarded as separate species, but nowadays almost invariably lumped into one, as they differ so little in morphology and behaviour. Two subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Africa and Madagascar; Pakistan E to NE China, extreme SE Russia (S Ussuriland) and Japan, and S through SE Asia, Greater Sundas and Philippines to Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores).
- australis (Gould, 1838) - Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male foraging Locality Buenavista, Palawan, Philippines (ssp benghalensis)
Eldert Groenewoud 30 April 2007 5 years ago 19 sec 4.5 -
male birds Locality Sapo ricefields, Central River Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 29 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 6 sec 4.4 -
one female preening Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp benghalensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 22 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 16 sec 4.3 -
A female and then a male at the water's edge Locality Mareeba Wetland, Queensland, Australia (ssp australis)
Peter Nash 22 October 2006 6 years ago 36 sec 4.2 -
A pair approaching to shallow water and feeding Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (ssp benghalensis)
Brooke Clibbon 19 December 2002 7 years ago 15 sec 4.1 -
female bird preening Locality Sapo ricefields, Central River Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 29 December 2011 1 year ago 50 sec 4
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sharad agrawal April 2010 udaipur rajasthan Rostratula benghalensis Rostratulidae canon eos 40d SIGMA 150-500mm F5-6.3 A
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Sharad Agrawal 25 April 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
Wading in trash in a water drainage canal in downtown in Bharatpur.
Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
Lee Hunter 30 December 2012 9 weeks ago 4.4 -
A male.
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Piotr Jonczyk 16 January 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
Greater Painted-snipe
Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Paul Cools 10 February 2012 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult male showing very well
Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Paul Cools 10 February 2012 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
A female.
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Piotr Jonczyk 16 January 2009 3 years ago 4.2
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