LOCAL NAMES

• Raja Ulu kaswatuwa, රජ උලු-කැස්වටුවා, Schnepfe, સ્નાઈપ, ठीक गोली चलाना, ಸ್ನೈಪ್, beccaccino, സ്നൈപ്പ്, स्निप, ਸਨਾਈਪ, бекас, agachadiza, ఉల్లంఘించు, su çulluğu, βαλτομπεκάτσα, বাংলা রাঙাচ্যাগা, রঙ্গিলা চ্যাগা, കാളിക്കാട, भेंडलावा, रंगीत पाणलावा, चित्राङ्गड
• Afrikaans Goudsnip
• Arabic شنقب ملون كبير
• Bulgarian Цветен бекас
• Chinese 彩鷸
• Chinese (SIM) 彩鹬
• Croatian šarena šljuka
• Czech slučice pestrá
• Danish Broget Riksesneppe
• Dutch Goudsnip
• English Greater Painted-Snipe
• English (Australia) Greater Painted-snipe
• English (United States) Greater Painted-Snipe
• French Rhynchée peinte
• French (French Guiana) Rhynchée peinte
• German Goldschnepfe
• Greek Ζωγραφιστό Μπεκατσίνι
• Hebrew חרטומית בנגלית
• Icelandic Relluspýta
• Indonesian Berkik-kembang besar
• Japanese タマシギ
• Korean 호사도요
• Lithuanian Auksuotasis tilvikas
• Malayalam കാളിക്കാട
• Mongolian Өнгөт хараалжир
• Norwegian riksesnipe
• Persian پاشلک رنگین
• Polish złotosłonka bengalska
• Portuguese (Angola) Narceja-pintada
• Portuguese (Portugal) Narceja-pintada-grande
• Romanian Sitar de aur
• Russian Цветной бекас
• Serbian Šarena šljuka
• Slovak slukovec zlatý
• Slovenian Slokar
• Spanish Aguatero Bengalí
• Spanish (Spain) Aguatero bengalí
• Swedish rallbeckasin
• Thai นกโป่งวิด
• Turkish Boyalıçulluk
• Ukrainian Мальованець афро-азійський

DESCRIPTION

Rostratula benghalensis, The greater painted-snipe is a species of wader. A medium-sized, stunningly plumaged shorebird of grassy fields and marshes. It is found in marshes in Africa, South Asia and South-east Asia. Both sexes have a bright white “comma” around the eye and white underparts that extend up in an arc above the shoulder. the male is much duller than the female. The female has a bright reddish-brown head and greenish-tinged back and wings. Their calls are like … Named locally as Raja Ulu kaswatuwa.