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Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Non mating When these guys are mating, they have a magnificent pheasant like tail...  hence the name! :) Next time i hope to see them during mating season! :) 2014,Cochin,Hydrophasianus chirurgus,India,John Rowell,Kerala,Kochi,Pheasant-tailed Jacana,adhocphotographer Click/tap to enlarge

Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Non mating

When these guys are mating, they have a magnificent pheasant like tail... hence the name! :) Next time i hope to see them during mating season! :)

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  1. Great perspective! Did you lay on the ground for this one? Posted 10 years ago
    1. I was on a small boat... but year, i was as low as i could go in the boat! :)

      Eye-level... it is all about getting to eye-level with the subject! ;)
      Posted 10 years ago

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The pheasant-tailed jacana is a jacana in the monotypic genus ''Hydrophasianus''. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their wide feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat. The pheasant-tailed jacana is capable of swimming, although it usually walks on the vegetation. The females are more colourful than the males and are polyandrous.

Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies
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Uploaded Jan 30, 2015. Captured Dec 31, 2014 07:41.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/5.6
  • 1/640s
  • ISO800
  • 700mm