Birds of India - The New Synopsis

A complete checklist of bird species and subspecies found in India

Charadriiformes (Shorebirds, Gulls, and Terns)

Rostratulidae (Painted-Snipes)

• Rostratula Vieillot, 1816 Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire p.56 Bécassine de Madagascar Buffon ; Type by monotypy = Rallus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758
  • 219. Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) [HB#429]
    Original Description: Rallus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758 Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.153
    Distribution: Throughout India including Assam plains, Manipur valley and Andaman Is. except some of the driest parts of Thar and high Himalaya.
    Specimens: BNHS, ZSI, UMZC, UMMZ, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, ROM, USNM, YPM, TNHM, HYD, LKO
    IUCN: Least Concern. SoIB: Low. WLPA: Schedule-II.