Terry Andrewartha / Male Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} standing in marsh, Kenya. Masai Mara National Park, Kenya

Francois Savigny / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} male on nest with female beside, Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, India

Nick Garbutt / Greater painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) - male (left) and two females (right) - resting on edge of water. Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.

Melvin Grey / Painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) adult female landing in mangrove swamp, Kotu area, The Gambia.

Melvin Grey / Painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) adult female landing in mangrove swamp, Kotu area, The Gambia.

Melvin Grey / Painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) adult male, Kotu area, The Gambia.

Christophe Courteau / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} Moremi GR Okavango delta Botswana

Tony Heald / Painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) male profile, Etosha National Park, Namibia, October

Tui De Roy / Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female, Loisaba Wilderness, Kenya

Tui De Roy / Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female and male, Loisaba Wilderness, Kenya

Nature Production / Greater Painted Snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} male and chicks, Kagawa, Japan

Richard Du Toit / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} Female, Savuti Chobe NP, Botswana

Tony Heald / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} male preening, Etosha NP, Namibia

Tony Heald / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} female walking in water, Etosha NP, Namibia

Mike Wilkes / Two male Painted snipe in water {Rostratula benghalensis} Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Terry Andrewartha / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} attacking Jacana Masai Mara, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Painted snipe, male {Rostratula benghalensis} Khwai river, Moremi WR, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Two male Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} Moremi WR, Botswana

Lisa Asch / Greater painted snipe {Rostratula b benghalensis} Masai Mara, Kenya

Tony Heald / Painted snipe {Rostratula benghalensis} feeding amongst water vegetation, Okavango, Moremi, Botswana, Southern-Africa

Greg Oakley/ BIA / Australian Painted-snipe (Rostratula australis), Victoria, Australia

Gabriel Rojo / South America painted snipe in water {Nycticryphes semicollaris} Macachin Argentina

Lisa Asch / Greater painted snipe {Rostratula b benghalensis} Masai Mara Kenya

Roland Seitre / Painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) male, wading in shallow water, Djoudj National Park, Senegal.

Bernard Castelein / Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) male, feeding in river, Allahein River, The Gambia.

Roland Seitre / Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) wading, Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal

Guy Edwardes / Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) male reflected in water. Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Bernard Castelein / Greater painted snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) female, Allahein River, Gambia.