Greater Painted-snipe

Key Facts

Family: Rostratulidae

Biometrics:

Length: 23 to 28 cm, Weight: 90 to 200 g, Wingspan: 50 to 55 cm

Range:
Africa, Madagascar, India, Pakistan and South-east Asia

Habitat:
Tropical and subtropical wetlands up to 1800 meters altitude in the Himalayas and elsewhere in low lying areas - swampy vegetation areas, paddy fields, mud on the banks of lakes, freshwater ponds and grassy wetlands