Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Jan 7

The Pheasant-tailed Jacana is an unusual Jacana because of its tail. The females are more colorful than the males and take more than one male for a mate.

They live throughout Indonesia, southeast Asia and India. They have a long tail which is missing during the non-breeding season. Like other Jacanas, they spend most of their time walking on floating vegetation and looking for food.

Classification:

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Jacanidae
Genus: Hydrophasianus
Species: H. chirurgus

Photos:

Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)

Pheasant Tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Pheasant Tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Location: Harohalli Lake, Bangalore outskirts, India

Pheasant Tailed Jacana ( Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Pheasant Tailed Jacana ( Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Location: Harohalli Lake, Bangalore,India

Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Thalangama Lake, Sri Lanka.

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