Rostratula

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

Rostratula is a genus of painted-snipes. It contains two extant species distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia.

Species

• Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is found in marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.
• Australian painted-snipe (Rostratula australis) is a rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia (Lane & Rogers 2000)
• †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