Biology:Rostratula
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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
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Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Australian painted-snipe
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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
- ↑ Olson, Storrs L.; Eller, K. G. (1989). "A New Species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes, Rostratulidae) from the Early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, Southwestern Cape Province, South-Africa". Ostrich 60 (3): 118–121. https://repository.si.edu/items/a4eff8b4-946c-482e-ab86-49cdb5eabfb9/full.
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