Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

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The pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their wide feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat. The pheasant-tailed jacana is capable of swimming, although it usually walks on the vegetation. The females are more colourful than the males and are polyandrous.

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  1. (c) 台灣水鳥研究群 彰化海岸保育行動聯盟, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/89722608@N00/168770027
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophasianus_chirurgus

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