Painted-snipes

Greater Painted-snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

The Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a 121 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Painted-snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

121 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

32

Recorded in Taiwan, India, South Africa, Thailand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Gambia, Kenya, Singapore, China, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Zambia, Senegal, Ghana, Madagascar, Uganda, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Israel, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Mozambique, Pakistan, Vietnam.

Where to see it: Parque de N´Batonha (Lagoa do PNUD) (Guinea-Bissau); Long Valley (Hong Kong); Krishnampathi Lake, Seeranaickenpalayam (India); Wasan Rice field area (Brunei Darussalam); Sable farm,Lusaka (Zambia).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist