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...
Lakescape - 634
A full-framer
This guy is
trying his best
to conceal those
valuable assets ...
... the super-sized
special toes ...
Yet ... they can be
seen jutting out ...
from under the
wing ... in the
front part ... close
to the breast ...
The females are the
dominant sex here...
Fall-Winter - 56
Those feet make
them ... what
... they are
The Lily Trotters
Loss of eggs due
to predation is
high ... found to
be upto the extent
of 94 percent in one
study ... (shocking)
So ... finding an
outstanding
healthy ...
and thriving
Juvie ...
is a treat ...
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana jacana) Youngster, transitioning into adult plumage. Walking on floating vegetation. Mosquito Fern also called Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides: Salviniaceae) and Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes: Araceae.
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