Friday, July 27, 2018

Bronze-winged jacana




















Bronze-winged jacana

The bronze-winged jacana is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is the only member of the genus Metopidius. It has huge feet and claws which enables it to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes that are its preferred habitat.



Scientific name: Metopidius indicus
Phylum: Chordata
Higher classification: Metopidius
Order: Shorebirds
Rank: Species
Family: Jacanidae


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