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
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Pheasant Tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Location: Harohalli Lake, Bangalore outskirts, India
Pheasant Tailed Jacana ( Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Location: Harohalli Lake, Bangalore,India
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Thalangama Lake, Sri Lanka.
Bird Ecology Study Group » Pheasant-tailed Jacana at Sungei Buloh
On 15th December 2008, Mendis Tan posted an image of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) taken at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, saying, “Sharing a bird that has not been… Read more…
India Nature Watch - Pheasant tailed Jacana-Juv
Kulashekara CS: Pheasant tailed Jacana-Juv. Read more…
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iBlog: Nishit Shah » Blog Archive » Birding at Bhigwan
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Garden Birds and other sightings…: India Holiday - Wednesday 31 …
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Birds - Bangladesh Wiki (বাংলাদেশ)
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Formosa Birding: Pheasant-tailed Jacana
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