Hosadoyo

Basic information

Designation

Natural Monument No.449

Category

동식물

Designated year

2005

Location

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Coordinates

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This English description was machine-translated and may contain inaccuracies. Refer to the original Korean text for details.

The Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is an extremely rare migratory bird with records of confirmation near Seoul, Daho Lake in South Chungcheong, and the Nakdong River in South Gyeongsang Province. Since the first confirmation of breeding Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)s at Cheonsu Bay in Seosan in 2000, they continue to breed there. It is primarily distributed throughout China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Africa, and Japan. Body length is approximately 24cm, with a long bill slightly curved downward, reddish-brown in color with a black tip. Males have yellow areas around the eyes with brown on the crown and upper neck, and grayish-brown back with fine horizontal lines. Females have similar wings, lower back, and tail to males but are slightly darker in color and larger in body. The crown is dark brown with a cream-colored stripe down the center. The Greater Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) inhabits inland wetlands including rivers, estuaries, and reservoirs, as well as rice paddies and forests near water. It constructs a plate-shaped nest using rice straw in grassy areas of wetlands or near rice paddies.