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 Queen Elizabeth National Park
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Senegal Lapwing
Vanellus lugubris
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
📅 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 Queen Elizabeth National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Greater Painted-Snipe sighting in Queen Elizabeth National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Greater Painted-Snipe in Queen Elizabeth National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Greater Painted-Snipe in Queen Elizabeth National Park in our monthly data.