Jan 1
Scolopaci suborder
Which is the best bird?
American woodcock
Bronze-winged jacana
Australian painted-snipe
African jacana
Plains-wanderer
White-bellied seedsnipe
Greater painted-snipe
Voting ended onJan 8
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Scolopaci suborder
Which is the best bird?
American woodcock
Bronze-winged jacana
Australian painted-snipe
African jacana
Plains-wanderer
White-bellied seedsnipe
Greater painted-snipe
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Painted-snipe (Rostratulidae) family
Which is the best bird?
Australian painted-snipe
Greater painted-snipe
South American painted-snipe
This family contains just three eligible species in two genera (Rostratula and Nycticryphes).
Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
...a species of Painted-snipe (Rostraulidae) that occurs in parts of Africa, India, Pakistan and Southeast Asia. Like most waders greater painted-snipe are typically found close to marshes, ponds, swamps, reed beds, streams, and other wet areas. They feed mainly on aquatic insects, crustaceans, molluscs and occasionally seeds which are obtained by probing through mud. Greater painted-snipe are fairly shy and secretive, typically seen close to/in vegetation either solitary or in small groups.
Classification
Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Charadriiformes-Rostratulidae-Rostratula-R. benghalensis
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