Painted snipe Male

[Rajeev Khanna]

@ Basai Haryana, Males are smaller and less colorful than females reverse sexual dimorphism

[Rajeev Khanna]

Posting Image of female for comparison @ Basai wetlands in haryana may 2015

[Roopak Gangadharan]

very nice. it is better to post such comparative images in the natural history section. In fact it will be good if you can also highlight on the reason why the females are more brighter colored, polyandrous and territorial and the males are choosy in selecting mates.

TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting of both the male and female. Wish the light was less harsh. The low angle looks nice. Good eye contact. Thanks for sharing.