Jacanas (Jacanidae)
Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus) - HBW 3, p. 290
French: Jacana bronzé
German: Hindublatthühnchen
Spanish: Jacana Bronceada
Taxonomy: Parra indica Latham, 1790, India.
Genus occasionally considered to include Microparra, Actophilornis and Irediparra, or alternatively lumped with Actophilornis and Irediparra in Jacana, but neither proposal widely accepted. Monotypic.
Distribution: India through SE Asia to S Sumatra and W Java.
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Two birds in the water, walking and feeding Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 April 2008 3 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
adult bird feeding on the waterplants Locality Chambal River Lodge, Chambal River, Uttar Pradesh, India
Eldert Groenewoud 25 October 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
An adult bird foraging on a wetland. Locality Ang Trapeang Thmor, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2011 38 weeks ago 24 sec 3.8 -
An immature bird foraging on a marsh. Locality Phnom Krom Marsh, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 March 2011 37 weeks ago 27 sec 3.8 -
A juvenile walking and foraging on the water's surface Locality Safari World, Minburi District, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 November 2004 5 years ago 31 sec 3.5 -
An adult feeding on the bank Locality Pashan Lake, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India (Monotypic species)
Chandrahas Kolhatkar 7 December 2002 7 years ago 14 sec 3.2
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full of colrs
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Sharad Agrawal 8 July 2010 41 weeks ago 4.4 -
immature standing at a paddyfield
Locality North Goa District, Goa, India
Lior Kislev 6 February 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.1 -
An adult bird standing amongst water hyacinths......
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 15 January 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
busy jacana
Locality Thrissur District, Kerala, India
harikamal 16 August 2011 19 weeks ago 4 -
Male Jacana, jumps up and down to distract intruders fron it's nest of eggs.
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 20 July 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
A frontal view
Locality Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
vasanthan.p.j 2 May 2011 40 weeks ago 3.4
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Two types of calls Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 1 year ago 4 -
Calling during breeding period Locality Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 2 years ago 4 -
Two different calls Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 1 year ago 3
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