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hydrophasianus chirurgus

  1. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Like all other jacanas they have elongated toes and nails that enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat. They may also swim or wade in water reaching their body while foraging mainly for invertebrate prey. They are found in tropical Asia from Yemen in...
  2. 5C2_0702.JPG - Pheasant Tail Jacana

    5C2_0702.JPG - Pheasant Tail Jacana

    landing.
  3. Spring-Summer - 330

    Spring-Summer - 330

    Spring-Summer - 330 A pair of these wetland beauties were with two wonderful juvies ... They develop a lovely mane and elongated tail feathers during breeding season ... with a host of other plumage features ... And now ... with their nesting duties over the changes have started waning...
  4. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Young

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana Young

  5. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  6. Spring-Summer - 87

    Spring-Summer - 87

    Spring-Summer - 87 ... Another fabulous wetland big-foot species ... ... that shows remarkable and dramatic change in plumage ... during breeding season ... Both male and female develop long tail ... besides those very striking color ... Watch the beauty in a video-clip ... Link ...
  7. Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Female

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Female

    Yet to come across a male.
  8. PHEASANT TAILED JACANA

    PHEASANT TAILED JACANA

    "STRAIGHT AT ME" FOUND WHERE THERE'S WATER SUCH AS RESERVOIRS MIXED WITH LILY AND LOTUS LEAVES, SMALL TANKS WITH LILY AND LOTUS LEAVES. ALSO THEY LOOK FOR THEIR FOOD IN THE MASH AREAS OF THE RESERVOIRS AND TANKS.
  9. pheasant-tailed Jacana In Breeding plumage

    pheasant-tailed Jacana In Breeding plumage

  10. pheasant-tailed Jacana In Breeding plumage

    pheasant-tailed Jacana In Breeding plumage

  11. pheasant-tailed Jacana  Chick

    pheasant-tailed Jacana Chick

  12. Pheasant tailed Jacana  Young

    Pheasant tailed Jacana Young

  13. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    In flight
  14. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Juvi)

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Juvi)

    May be I can call this "Star of the Trip". While looking for the Pied Kingfisher, this bird suddenly landed 50 foot in front of us, at first we thought it was a Pond Heron, but through the lens....... Then it was gone in another minute.
  15. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  16. Flight

    Flight

    A Pheasant-tailed Jacana Bird- Sri Lanka
  17. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    (Breeding plumage)
  18. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  19. Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Thailand 2007

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Thailand 2007

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana "on flight" - Nakhon Sawan, Thailand 2007 Maybe not the clearest shot, but since it is a so beautiful species, hard to photograph, I couldn't take any other one... besides, I love the BG with thousands of purple water lilies... Good luck to you all!!!
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