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Common Name

Pheasant Tailed Jacana

Alternate Names

Common Type

Jacana

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Jacanidae

Genus

Hydrophasianus

Species

chirurgus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Myanmar,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident or migratory over long distances.

Preferred Habitat

Shallow lakes with floating vegetation.

Distribution and Range

Tropical Asia from Yemen in the west to the Philippines in the east.

Food

Walk on vegetation or swim to feed on insects, molluscs or invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or water's surface.

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