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 Read the rest of this entry »
