Species profile
South American Painted-snipe
Nycticryphes semicollaris
Quick answer
Lowlands of se Brazil to Paraguay, cent. Argentina and Chile
- Scientific name
- Nycticryphes semicollaris
- Family
- Rostratulidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Nycticryphes
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording South American Painted-snipe in your journal
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