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[[Image:Pheasant-tailed_Jacana.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Breeding Plumage<br />Photo by {{user|Chaiyan|Chaiyan}}]]
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[[Image:Pheasant-tailed_Jacana.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Breeding Plumage<br />Photo by {{user|Chaiyan|Chaiyan}}<br /> Bung Boraphet, central [[Thailand]], July 2003]]
 
;[[:Category:Hydrophasianus|Hydrophasianus]] chirurgus
 
;[[:Category:Hydrophasianus|Hydrophasianus]] chirurgus
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:Pheasant-tailed_jacana.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Non-breeding Plumage<br/ > Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}} <br/ >
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[[Image:Pheasant-tailed_jacana.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Non-breeding Plumage<br/ > Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}} <br/ >Dist. Jhajjar, Haryana, [[India]], November 2014]]
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Dist. Jhajjar, Haryana, [[India]], Nov. 2014]]
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39–58 cm (15¼-22¾ in); tail in breeding season 14-23 cm. Females larger<br />
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31 cm long, but the females are larger than the males. In the breeding season, the long tail adds another 8 cm. Breeding adults mainly black other than white wings, head and fore neck. The hind neck is golden. There is a striking white eyestripe. The legs and very long toes are grey.
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'''Breeding'''
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*Black overall plumage
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Non-breeding adults lack the long tail. The underparts are white except for a brown breast band and neck stripe. The side of the neck is golden.
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*White wings, head and foreneck
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*Golden hindneck
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Grey legs and very long toes<br />
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'''Non-breeding adult''' lacks the long tail. White underparts, except for a brown breast band and neck stripe. The side of the neck is golden.<br />
 
Young birds have brown upperparts. The underparts are white, with a weak brown breast band.
 
Young birds have brown upperparts. The underparts are white, with a weak brown breast band.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[India]] Southeast [[Asia]] and the [[Philippines]].
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[[India]], south east [[Asia]] and the [[Philippines]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
 
This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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Wetlands, particularly in central plain.
 
Wetlands, particularly in central plain.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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This species has reversed sexual roles, male does the job of caring for the eggs/young while female wanders to find another mate. A female may lay up to 10 clutches which take care of incubation. Four black-marked brown eggs are laid in the floating nests.
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====Breeding====
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The female lays 4 brown eggs with black markings in floating nests. They are incubated by the male, who also cares for the young. The female mates with possibly up to 10 more males through the season.
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Diet includes insects and other invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or the water's surface.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists almost entirely of insects and invertebrates. Gleaned from the water's surface or from floating vegetation.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
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Their call is a mewing ''me-onp'' and a nasal ''teeun''. <br />In the following recording, can be heard four types of calls / song produced by a pair of Jacanas, feeding in the wetland and was dived and harassed by Red-wattled Lapwings and House Crows. Occasional calls by the latter two are also heard in the background.<br />
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Their call is a mewing ''me-onp'' and a nasal ''teeun''.
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<br />In the following recording, can be heard four types of calls / song produced by a pair of Jacanas, feeding in the wetland and was dived and harassed by [[Red-wattled Lapwing]]s and [[House Crow]]s. Occasional calls by the latter two are also heard in the background.<br />
 
<flashmp3>pheasant-tailed_jacana_call_alok.mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
<flashmp3>pheasant-tailed_jacana_call_alok.mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
''[[Media: pheasant-tailed_jacana_call_alok.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''<br />
 
''[[Media: pheasant-tailed_jacana_call_alok.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''<br />
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Basai Wetlands, Gurgaon, Haryana, [[India]], June-2015.
 
Basai Wetlands, Gurgaon, Haryana, [[India]], June-2015.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
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#The Beauty of Birds
 
{{Ref}}
 
{{Ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==

Revision as of 21:22, 9 June 2017

Breeding Plumage
Photo by Chaiyan
Bung Boraphet, central Thailand, July 2003
Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Identification

Non-breeding Plumage
Photo by Alok Tewari
Dist. Jhajjar, Haryana, India, November 2014

39–58 cm (15¼-22¾ in); tail in breeding season 14-23 cm. Females larger
Breeding

  • Black overall plumage
  • White wings, head and foreneck
  • Golden hindneck

Grey legs and very long toes
Non-breeding adult lacks the long tail. White underparts, except for a brown breast band and neck stripe. The side of the neck is golden.
Young birds have brown upperparts. The underparts are white, with a weak brown breast band.

Distribution

India, south east Asia and the Philippines.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Wetlands, particularly in central plain.

Behaviour

Breeding

The female lays 4 brown eggs with black markings in floating nests. They are incubated by the male, who also cares for the young. The female mates with possibly up to 10 more males through the season.

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects and invertebrates. Gleaned from the water's surface or from floating vegetation.

Vocalisation

Their call is a mewing me-onp and a nasal teeun.
In the following recording, can be heard four types of calls / song produced by a pair of Jacanas, feeding in the wetland and was dived and harassed by Red-wattled Lapwings and House Crows. Occasional calls by the latter two are also heard in the background.
<flashmp3>pheasant-tailed_jacana_call_alok.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Basai Wetlands, Gurgaon, Haryana, India, June-2015.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
  3. The Beauty of Birds

Recommended Citation

External Links


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