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Pheasant tailed jacana (Juvenile)

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Notes:

same lake where the pheasant tailed jacana (breeding form) was found.

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Atul
Atul 12 years ago
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus


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3 Comments

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 12 years ago

thank you Atul. :) i must say that the adult jacanas in it breeding plumage looks much more beautiful ...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Nice.

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

it is a juvenile ,the non breeding phase is the one without the sickle like tail and with yellow neck plumage
nice pic!!

ChimeTsetan
Spotted by
ChimeTsetan

Hubballi, Goa, India

Spotted on Nov 12, 2011
Submitted on Nov 12, 2011

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