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Painted snipes
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family: Rostratulidae
2 species
South America; Old Wold tropics and southern latitudes;
20-25 cm; bill long, curved and swollen at tip; neck short; wings broad; tail short; toes long; female larger than male in one species;
feed principally on invertebrates, and/or aquatic vertebrates
male takes larger role in parental care; 4 eggs in concealed ground-nest.
(Image taken from Hayman, P. J. Marchant, and Tony Prater. Shorebirds. Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1986).