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Rostratula
Rostratula
is
a genus
of painted-snipes. It
contains
two
extant species
distributed
across
Africa
,
Asia
and
Australia
.
Species
Greater
painted-snipe
is found in
marshes
in Africa,
India
and
South-east Asia
.
Australian painted-snipe is a
rare
,
nomadic
and
declining
species
found only in Australia
†
Rostratula minator
is an
extinct species
, described from
Pliocene
deposits
in
South Africa
.