Jacanas

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

The Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is a 160 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Jacanas

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

160 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in India, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Cambodia, Philippines, Oman, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Indonesia.

Where to see it: Ban Pha Pong Wetland (Lao PDR); Inle Lake (Myanmar); Phnom Krom · rice fields (Cambodia); Ang Trapeang Thmor (Cambodia); Khawr Rawri (Oman).

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