Rostratula benghalensis2025-06-10T10:13:14+00:00

Rostratula benghalensis   |  Greater Painted Snipe  |  Goudsnip

Lephalale, Jul 2017
female

Lephalale, Jul 2017
male

Hermanusdoorns, Nov 2011

A vagrant. Rare. Single birds appear sporadically in recently flooded areas; there is no evidence to date that it breeds in the Waterberg whereas in high rainfall years it breeds regularly on the nearby Nyl floodplain.