English:  Greater Painted Snipe, Painted Snipe
Russian:  Цветной Бекас
Mongolian:  Өнгөт хараалжир, Өнгөт хараалж
German:  Goldschnepfe
French:  Rhynchee peinte
Japanese:  タマシギ (Tama-shigi)

Body length: 23-26 cm.

Breeds in Egypt in overgrown swamps, pools, ditches; vagrant in Israel. Rather secretive, and rarely seen unless flushed. As with phalaropes, sex roles reversed; ♀ may lay several clutches, incubated by different ♂♂.

Identification: Roughly Snipe-sized, but looks distinctly heavier, more lethargic when it takes off on broad round-tipped wings, with long legs obvious, entire toes projecting beyond tail-tip. Shortish, rather drooping bill which is fairly thick and pale (dull pinkish); thick light eye-ring continuing in stripe behind eye; and yellow-buff breast/shoulder-stripe joining mantle-V striking (especially on ♀). Narrow buff median crown-stripe. Underwing white, broadly bordered dark.

• Adult ♂: Dull grey-brown on throat (upper throat mottled white), neck and upper breast; narrow grey-black breast-band. Indistinct buff-white eye-stripe. Upperwing and scapulars brownish-green, wing-coverts broadly barred buff.
• Adult ♀: Brighter than ♂; rufous on throat, neck and upper breast, bordered with a wide black band across breast. Distinct white eye-stripe bordered blackish. Upperwing and scapulars rather uniform greenish, finely vermiculated dark.
• Juvenile: Resembles adult ♂ but breast more diffusely mottled, lacking distinct border towards belly, and upperparts have more buff barring.