Rostratula

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

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.	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

• † Rostratula minator is an extinct species, described from Pliocene deposits in South Africa. ^[1]

References

• 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