Playing peek a boo with me. I was in the car
about 30 ft out to the edge of padi field. Took alot of photos but all the same
as it kept very still for more than 20 minutes. Gave up waiting and left it be.
Last time shoot the Female in flight. The Female is much better a looker.
Resident of Malaysia amongst SEA country India and Africa. Medium-sized, plump wading bird. About 24cm. Long reddish-brown bill, slightly decurved at tip, and distinct white or pinkish eye patch. Rounded, buff-spotted wings and short tail. White of breast extends up around top of folded wing. The Painted Snipe is not related to the true snipes and differs from them in habits, flight and appearance, being far more colorful and having longer legs than the snipes. It is unusual in showing reversed sexual dimorphism; the female is larger and more brightly colored than the male, with the sides of the head, neck and throat a rich chestnut brown, and a distinct black band across the breast; the male is paler and greyer. The females court the males, are possibly polyandrous with males incubating and raising the young as predicted by parental investment theory. Immature birds resemble the male but lack the broken dark band across the breast. Males are also known to carry the chicks to safety under the wings.
Not a vocal species; the male at times utters a shrill trill, while the female makes a guttural ook sound as well as hissing noises during breeding displays.
Resident of Malaysia amongst SEA country India and Africa. Medium-sized, plump wading bird. About 24cm. Long reddish-brown bill, slightly decurved at tip, and distinct white or pinkish eye patch. Rounded, buff-spotted wings and short tail. White of breast extends up around top of folded wing. The Painted Snipe is not related to the true snipes and differs from them in habits, flight and appearance, being far more colorful and having longer legs than the snipes. It is unusual in showing reversed sexual dimorphism; the female is larger and more brightly colored than the male, with the sides of the head, neck and throat a rich chestnut brown, and a distinct black band across the breast; the male is paler and greyer. The females court the males, are possibly polyandrous with males incubating and raising the young as predicted by parental investment theory. Immature birds resemble the male but lack the broken dark band across the breast. Males are also known to carry the chicks to safety under the wings.
Not a vocal species; the male at times utters a shrill trill, while the female makes a guttural ook sound as well as hissing noises during breeding displays.
Usually found close to the fringes of reed beds along shorelines of marshes,
swamps, ponds and streams. Solitary or in pairs, sometimes in groups of up to
12. Rather shy and retiring, skulking close to the vegetation so that it can
retreat to cover if disturbed. When flushed, flies like a rail with legs
dangling. Bobs hindquarters on landing and sometimes when walking. Probes for
food in the mud. The female initiates courtship and may mate with more than one
male. The male incubates the eggs. The feed on insects, crustaceans, molluscs
and seeds.
The nest is usually a shallow scrape in soft ground, lined with plant material and situated among grass or reeds at the water's edge; sometimes a pad of vegetation or a nest of grass and weeds. The breeding season is between April and July.
The nest is usually a shallow scrape in soft ground, lined with plant material and situated among grass or reeds at the water's edge; sometimes a pad of vegetation or a nest of grass and weeds. The breeding season is between April and July.
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