Rostratula

Rostratula
	Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Rostratulidae
Genus:	; 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

Genus *Rostratula* – Vieillot, 1816 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Greater painted-snipe	Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)	marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Australian painted-snipe	Rostratula australis Lane & Rogers, 2000	rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN

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

Lane, B.A.; & Rogers, D.I. (2000). The Australian Painted Snipe, Rostratula (benghalensis) australis: an Endangered species?. Stilt 36: 26-34