Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyRostratulidae (Painted-snipes)
- GenusRostratula (Old World Painted-snipes)
- SpeciesRostratula benghalensis (Greater Painted-Snipe)
Closest Relatives at iSimangaliso Wetland Park
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Greater Painted-Snipe in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Greater Painted-Snipe sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Painted-Snipe in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Greater Painted-Snipe in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.