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title: "Złotosłonka bengalska"
description: "Rostratula benghalensis — Ptaki. The greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a species of wader in the small painted-snipe family Rostratulidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-painted-snipe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Złotosłonka bengalska

> Rostratula benghalensis — Ptaki. The greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a species of wader in the small painted-snipe family Rostratulidae.

- Scientific name: *Rostratula benghalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 4050
- Wikidata: [Q31617](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31617)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3999](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3999)

## Names

- en: Greater Painted-Snipe
- de: Goldschnepfe
- es: Aguatero Begalí
- fr: Rhynchée peinte
- nl: Goudsnip
- pt: Narceja-pintada
- pl: Złotosłonka bengalska

## Countries with the most observations

TW (1093), IN (855), ZA (327), HK (232), CN (160), TH (158), SG (101), GM (65), KE (56), TZ (53), BJ (43), JP (40)

## Summary

The greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a species of wader in the small painted-snipe family Rostratulidae. It widely distributed across Africa and southern Asia and is found in a variety of wetland habitats, including swamps and the edges of larger water bodies such as lakes and rivers. This species is sexually dimorphic with the female being larger and more brightly coloured than the male. The female is normally polyandrous with the males incubating the eggs and caring for the young.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_painted-snipe

## Photo

![Złotosłonka bengalska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-painted-snipe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/116942364

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-painted-snipe?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).