Painted-snipes

South American Painted-snipe

Nycticryphes semicollaris

The South American Painted-snipe (Nycticryphes semicollaris) is a 77 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Painted-snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

77 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

6

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