Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Least ConcernThe Bronze-winged Jacana is a shorebird of the Indian subcontinent. It uses its bill, legs, and alert flight to feed on invertebrates, seeds, or small aquatic prey along coasts, mudflats, rivers, lakes, grasslands, or open ground; many shorebirds make impressive seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding areas.
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Group
- Shorebirds
- Range
- Bronze-winged Jacana Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Indian subcontinent
- Population
- ≈ 2M–20M