Bird families · Charadriiformes

Painted-snipes

Rostratulidae · 3 species

Painted-snipes (Rostratulidae) is a family of 3 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in wetland habitats. The smallest is the South American Painted-snipe and the largest the Australian Painted-snipe.

• Australian Painted-snipe Rostratula australis
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• South American Painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris