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...
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...
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 ...
"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.
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.
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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