Rostratula

Genus of birds

Rostratula

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

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[edit]

### Extant Species[edit]

Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution

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| Greater painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.
| Australian painted-snipe | Rostratula australis (Lane & Rogers 2000) | rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia

### Fossils[edit]

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

## References[edit]

* 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

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Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q674094
* Wikispecies: Rostratula
* AFD: Rostratula
* BOLD: 68848
* CoL: 6447L
* EoL: 45516155
* GBIF: 2482028
* iNaturalist: 3998
* IRMNG: 1099569
* ITIS: 176463
* NCBI: 118792
* NZOR: d1f948b0-f8dd-4b5a-9d13-a9237571e33a
* Plazi: DC572F21-E48E-5A63-A692-4226D5159BC7
* ZooBank: 1DABA0DA-E46A-4FBA-BC37-48DCBA24E19E

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