Greater Painted-snipe
Rostratula benghalensis(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Greater Painted-snipe
The Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rostratulidae (Painted-Snipes) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: locally in inland Africa, Madagascar, and Oriental region from Indus Valley (central Pakistan) to Japan, Philippines, and eastern Lesser SundasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rostratula benghalensis
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Greater Painted-snipe
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus benghalensis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Asia.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.153
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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