Bronze-winged Jacana

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Metopidius indicus

Contents 1 Identification 2 Distribution 3 Taxonomy 4 Habitat 5 Behaviour 5.1 Breeding 5.2 Diet 5.3 Vocalisation 6 Gallery 7 References 8 External Links

[edit] Identification

29cm (11½ in)

• Black
• Dark brown inner wings
• Red tail
• White eyestripe
• Yellow bill extending into a shield
• Long grey legs and toes
  

Juvenile

• Brown upperparts
• White underparts
• Buff foreneck

[edit] Distribution

India to southwestern China, Southeast Asia, Sumatra and Java (Indonesia).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Lowland marshes and ponds with plenty of floating vegetation.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

A floating nest is built. The 4 black-marked brown eggs are incubated by the male.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes invertebrates, insects, roots and seeds.

[edit] Vocalisation

A bird difficult to record in vast open wetlands covered with grass.

Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Bharatpur Keoladeo National Park, India, July-2015.

Listen in an external program
Recording by Alok Tewari
Bharatpur Keoladeo National Park, India, July-2015.
Two individuals calling in succession. Recorded during breeding season.

[edit] Gallery

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Juvenile Photo © by Peter Ericsson Bangkok, Thailand, July 2006

Photo © by JWW Powai Lake, Mumbai, India, February 2011

[edit] 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. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links

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