Rostratula
Genus of birds
| Rostratula | |
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| Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Rostratulidae |
| Genus: | Rostratula Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Distribution of Rostratula | |
Rostratula is a genus of painted-snipes. It contains two extant species distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia.
Species
Extant Species
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Greater painted-snipe
| Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Australian painted-snipe
| Rostratula australis Lane & Rogers, 2000 | rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN
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Fossils
- †Rostratula minator is an extinct species, described from Pliocene deposits in South Africa.[1]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Rostratula.
- Lane, B.A.; & Rogers, D.I. (2000). The Australian Painted Snipe, Rostratula (benghalensis) australis: an Endangered species?. Stilt 36: 26-34
- ^ R. minator description, department of vertebrate zoology at Smithsonian Institution
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Genera of shorebirds and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Neoaves
- Order: Charadriiformes
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