Rostratula benghalensis

Scientific name: Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name: Greater Painted-snipe, Riksesnipe

Family: Rostratulidae (Painted-snipes)

Order: Charadriiformes

Distribution: Africa, Oriental Region; widespread

IUCN Red list: Least Concern

	Acc. no.	Type	Prep.	Country	Date	Sex	Age
1:	NHMO-BI-59080	Preserved specimen	Study skin	Angola	1935	Unknown	Unknown
2:	NHMO-BI-62647	Preserved specimen	Mounted - Whole animal	India		Female	Unknown
3:	NHMO-BI-65392	Preserved specimen		China	1886-10-10	Female	Unknown
4:	NHMO-BI-65395	Preserved specimen		India		Unknown	Juvenile
5:	NHMO-BI-65396	Preserved specimen		China		Unknown	Unknown
6:	NHMO-BI-68490	Preserved specimen	Mounted - Whole animal	? Unknown	1849	Male	Adult
7:	NHMO-BI-68491	Preserved specimen	Mounted - Whole animal	? Unknown	1849	Female	Adult

Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway