A painted snipe is any of three species of snipe-like birds in the family Rostratulidae, which are characterized by reversed sexual dimorphism - whereby the female is larger than the male.

Painted bunting? Passerina ciris Painted stork? Mycteria leucodephala Painted quail? Coturnix chinensis Painted sandgrouse? Pterocles indicus Painted snipe? Rostratula beghalenisis and others

Snipe are not real. They do not exist.

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Hate to be contrary, but there are approx 25 birds in the Snipe family, ranging from the Common Snipe to the Jack Snipes.

Here are some more:Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria

Latham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii

Wood Snipe, Gallinago nemoricola

Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura

Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala

African Snipe, Gallinago nigripennis

Madagascar Snipe, Gallinago macrodactyla

Great Snipe, Gallinago media

Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago

Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata

South American Snipe, Gallinago paraguaiae

Puna Snipe, Gallinago andina

Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis

Giant Snipe, Gallinago undulata

Fuegian Snipe, Gallinago stricklandii

Andean Snipe, Gallinago jamesoni

Imperial Snipe, Gallinago imperialis

Depends on who they have to snipe and if they successfully snipe them or it and who is paying them to snipe

A wisp of snipe