Female.
Near Chembarbakkam Lake.
Near Chembarbakkam Lake.
A male and two females beside a small stream.
Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India.
Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
female
Painted snipes are three distinctive wader species in the family Rostratulidae. The family is composed to two genera, Rostratula and Nycticryphes. The Australian Painted Snipe is often treated as a subspecies of the Greater Painted Snipe, but morphological and genetic differences have resulted in the species being split in recent years. While they superficially resemble true snipes, they are considered to be more closely related to the jacanas.
