Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Least ConcernThe Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a shorebird of South, East, and Southeast Asian freshwater wetlands. 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
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Range — Resident or seasonal range in South, East, and Southeast Asian freshwater wetlands
- Population
- ≈ 2M–20M