Pheasant-tailed Jacana Stock Photo

This picture was taken at Malda,West Bengal,India,in the month of July.This is a Pheasant-tailed jacana Picture.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.