- Jacana spinosa
Identification
17–23cm, females are larger than the males. Chestnut back and wing coverts, black body, green yellow flight feathers, yellow bill, legs and very long toes.
Distribution
Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Shallow lakes.
Behaviour
4 black-marked brown eggs are laid in a floating nest and are incubated by the male. The females are polyandrous, and will help to defend the nests of up to four mates.
Diet includes insects, other invertebrates and seeds picked from the floating vegetation or the water's surface.
