Jacana

Jacana of some sort, but still narrowing it down! :P

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Found it and identified it for you. No worries, the species intro will still count for you :) Posted 10 years ago
1. JohnR
  
  Lion
  
  I thought it was a bronze winged, as there appears to be only two Jacana species in the area, but i was not convinced yet! :P
  
  Thanks for the ID conformation! :) Posted 10 years ago

The Bronze wing

''Parra aenea'' Cuvier
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The bronze-winged jacana is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia and is the sole species in the genus ''Metopidius''. Like other jacanas it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation, the long feet spreading out its weight and preventing sinking. The sexes are alike but females are slightly larger and are polyandrous, maintaining a harem of males during the breeding season in the monsoon rains. Males maintain.. more

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant