Painted-snipe

The Rostratulidae, commonly known as the painted-snipes, are a family of wading birds that consists of two genera: Rostratula and Nycticryphes.

Painted-snipes
Temporal range: Early Pliocene to present
Female greater painted-snipe
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Suborder: Thinocori
Family: Rostratulidae
Coues, 1888
Genera
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