Jacanas

Comb-crested Jacana

Irediparra gallinacea

The Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) is a 99 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family: Jacanas
Order: Charadriiformes
Weight: 99 g
Habitat: Wetland
Diet: Invertebrates
Migration: Resident
Countries recorded: 3

Recorded in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia.

Where to see it: Pacific Adventist University (Papua New Guinea); Sandy Camp Road Wetlands (Australia); Oxley Creek Common (Australia); Varirata National Park (Papua New Guinea).