Jacanas (Jacanidae)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) - HBW 3, p. 290
French: Jacana à longue queue
German: Wasserfasan
Spanish: Jacana Colilarga
Other common names: (Chinese) Water-pheasant
Taxonomy: Tringa Chirurgus Scopoli, 1786, Luzon.
Genus occasionally included within Jacana, but alternatively considered to be one of the forms most distant from that genus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Pakistan, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka through Myanmar to SE China and Taiwan, and S to SE Asia and Malay Peninsula, S Borneo and Phillippines. Winters sparsely S to Sumatra and Java, and also W to Oman and Yemen.
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hatching eggs Locality Guantian, Tainan City, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 19 June 2011 1 year ago 2 min 32 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a bird moving aquatic vegetation Locality Guantian, Tainan City, Taiwan (Monotypic species)
James Jyh Haw Ting 29 June 2007 5 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.8 -
A bird walking in the water and foraging. Locality Bundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 28 October 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4.2 -
Bird preening Locality Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India
Keith and Lynn Youngs 25 November 2012 15 weeks ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A bird walking next to the water Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 1998 5 years ago 17 sec 3.9 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage feeding on a wetland. Locality Ang Trapeang Thmor, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 March 2011 2 years ago 26 sec 3.8
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Taking a sunbath
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Sharad Agrawal 12 June 2012 45 weeks ago 4.7 -
enjoying the sun
Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Sharad Agrawal 9 June 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
Breeding plumage, in flight.
Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 6 January 2012 1 year ago 4.4 -
pheasant tailed jacana
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Jaysukh Parekh Suman 8 June 2008 1 year ago 4.3 -
My favorite bird
Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 11 January 2011 2 years ago 4.3 -
On a tire
Locality Tissamaharama, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 10 January 2010 2 years ago 4.1
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Calling during breeding season Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 1983 3 years ago 4 -
Has two different main calls Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 3 years ago 3
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