Rostratula

Rostratula
Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Rostratulidae
Genus: Rostratula
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Rostratula benghalensis
Species
  • Rostratula benghalensis
  • Rostratula australis
Distribution of Rostratula

Rostratula is a genus of painted-snipes. It contains two extant species distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia.

Species

Extant Species

Genus Rostratula – Vieillot, 1816 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Greater painted-snipe

Rostratula benghalensis
(Linnaeus, 1758) 		marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Australian painted-snipe

Rostratula australis
Lane & Rogers, 2000 		rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 



Fossils

References

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  • Lane, B.A.; & Rogers, D.I. (2000). The Australian Painted Snipe, Rostratula (benghalensis) australis: an Endangered species?. Stilt 36: 26-34
  1. ^ R. minator description, department of vertebrate zoology at Smithsonian Institution


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