“Rostratula”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

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Rostratula

释义

Species
References

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| image_caption = Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
| taxon = Rostratula
| authority = Vieillot, 1816
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Rostratula benghalensis
Rostratula australis

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Rostratula is a genus of painted-snipes. It contains two extant species distributed across Africa, Asia and Australia.

Species

Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is found in marshes in Africa, India and South-east Asia.
Australian painted-snipe (Rostratula australis) is a rare, nomadic and declining species found only in Australia (Lane & Rogers 2000)
†Rostratula minator is an extinct species, described from Pliocene deposits in South Africa.^[1]

References

Lane, B.A.; & Rogers, D.I. (2000). The Australian Painted Snipe, Rostratula (benghalensis) australis: an Endangered species?. Stilt 36: 26-34

1. ^R. minator description, department of vertebrate zoology at Smithsonian Institution

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