painted snipe

painted snipe
noun /ˈpeɪntɛd.snaɪp/lang=en
Any of three species of snipe-like birds in the family Rostratulidae, found in wetlands and characterised by reverse sexual dimorphism.

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  • Painted snipe — Taxobox name = Painted snipes image width = 200px image caption = Greater Painted Snipe regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Rostratulidae familia authority = Ridgway, 1919 subdivision ranks = Genus… …   Wikipedia

  • painted snipe — either of two snipelike birds of the family Rostratulidae, of South America and the Old World tropics, the female of which is larger and more brightly colored than the male. [1805 15] * * * ▪ bird  either of two species of marsh birds comprising… …   Universalium

  • painted snipe — /peɪntəd ˈsnaɪp/ (say payntuhd snuyp) noun either of two birds of the genus Rostratula, similar in appearance to the snipe, but having a down curved tip to the bill, the greater painted snipe, R. benghalensis, of Australia, Africa, and southern… …  

  • painted snipe — auksuotieji tilvikai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Rostratula angl. greater painted snipe; painted snipe vok. Goldschnepfe, f rus. цветной бекас, m pranc. rhynchée peinte, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – auksuotieji… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • painted snipe — noun : any of several highly colored limicoline birds of the genus Rostratula widely distributed in the southern hemisphere …   Useful english dictionary

  • Australian Painted-snipe — Taxobox name = Australian Painted Snipe regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Rostratulidae genus = Rostratula species = R. australis binomial = Rostratula australis binomial authority = (Gould,… …   Wikipedia

  • Lesser Painted Snipe — Taxobox name = Lesser Painted Snipe status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Rostratulidae genus = Nycticryphes genus authority = Wetmore Peters, 1923… …   Wikipedia

  • South American Painted Snipe — Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

  • Greater Painted Snipe — Taxobox name = Greater Painted Snipe status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Rostratulidae genus = Rostratula species = R. benghalensis binomial = Rostratula… …   Wikipedia

  • greater painted snipe — auksuotieji tilvikai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Rostratula angl. greater painted snipe; painted snipe vok. Goldschnepfe, f rus. цветной бекас, m pranc. rhynchée peinte, f ryšiai: platesnis terminas – auksuotieji… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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