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 Kaziranga National Park
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
📅 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 Kaziranga National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Greater Painted-Snipe sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Painted-Snipe in Kaziranga National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Greater Painted-Snipe in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.