Bronze-winged Jacana

What the Bronze-winged Jacana sounds like

Recorded by craig wilson · Call, male returning to nest · Puri (near Kanchisasan), Central Division, Odisha, India · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Bronze-winged Jacana

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bronze-winged Jacana

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Pakistan.

About the Bronze-winged Jacana

The bronze-winged jacana is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia and is the sole species in the genus Metopidius. Like other jacanas it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation, using its long feet and legs for balance. The sexes are alike but females are slightly larger and are polyandrous, maintaining a harem of males during the breeding season in the monsoon rains. Males maintain territories, with one male in the harem chosen to incubate the eggs and take care of the young. When threatened, young chicks may be carried to safety by the male under his wings.

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Easily confused with

African JacanaActophilornis africanusThe African jacana is a conspicuous and unmistakable bird. Northern JacanaJacana spinosaThe northern jacana is medium-sized wader with long legs and elongated toes. Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgusThe pheasant-tailed jacana is conspicuous and unmistakable.

Side by side: Bronze-winged Jacana vs Northern Jacana · African Jacana vs Bronze-winged Jacana · Bronze-winged Jacana vs Pheasant-tailed Jacana