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The Pheasant-tailed Jacana, scientifically named *Hydrophasianus chirurgus*, is a species of bird within the class Aves. It belongs to the genus *Hydrophasianus*. The species has an average mass of 231 and a litter size of 4. Its range is located in the Nanling Mountains.
According to the IUCN Red List, the Pheasant-tailed Jacana is classified as Least Concern, a status recorded in 2024. The species is also known by other common names, including Wasserfasan, Jacana colilarga, and jacana cua de faisà.
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Species
Least ConcernPheasant-tailed Jacana
species
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hydrophasianus
- Mass
- 231
- Image
- Pheasant-tailed jacana Odisha India.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- taxon name
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Commons gallery
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- litter size
- 4
- taxon common name
- jaçanã-cauda-de-faisão
- short name
- H. chirurgus
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Like all other jacanas, they have elongated toes and nails that enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat. They may also swim or wade in water reaching their body while foraging mainly for invertebrate prey. They are found in tropical Asia from Yemen in the west to the Philippines in the east and move seasonally in parts of their range. They are the only jacanas that migrate long distances and have different non-breeding and breeding plumages. The pheasant-tailed jacana forages by swimming or by walking on aquatic vegetation. Females are larger than males and are polyandrous, laying several clutches that are raised by different males in their harem.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pheasant-tailed Jacana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.