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  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. Lakescape - 634

    Lakescape - 634

    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...
  3. Fall-Winter - 56

    Fall-Winter - 56

    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 ...
  4. Wattled Jacana

    Wattled Jacana

    Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
  5. Wattled Jacana (juvenile)

    Wattled Jacana (juvenile)

    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.
  6. Hello! Hello!

    Hello! Hello!

    Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Juvenile.
  7. Pheasant-tailed jacana

    Pheasant-tailed jacana

  8. African Jacana

    African Jacana

  9. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  10. Bronze-winged Jacana Juvenile

    Bronze-winged Jacana Juvenile

  11. Bronze-winged Jacana Juvenile

    Bronze-winged Jacana Juvenile

  12. Bronze-winged Jacana

    Bronze-winged Jacana

  13. Bronze-winged Jacana

    Bronze-winged Jacana

  14. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  15. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  16. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  17. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  18. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  19. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  20. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  21. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana

  22. Pheasant-tailed Jacana young

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana young

  23. Pheasant-tailed Jacana young

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana young

  24. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Young

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana Young

  25. Pheasant-tailed Jacana Young

    Pheasant-tailed Jacana Young

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