Painted-snipe
| Painted-snipes Temporal range: Early Pliocene to present | |
|---|---|
| Female greater painted-snipe | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Suborder: | Scolopaci |
| Family: | Rostratulidae Coues, 1888 |
| Genera | |
The Rostratulidae, commonly known as the painted-snipes, are a family of wading birds that consists of two genera: Rostratula and Nycticryphes.