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 Ranomafana National Park
Madagascar Snipe
Gallinago macrodactyla
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Madagascan Buttonquail
Turnix nigricollis
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Crab-Plover
Dromas ardeola
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Greater Painted-Snipe at Ranomafana National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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