Comb-crested Jacana
A species of Comb-crested Jacana Scientific name : Irediparra gallinacea Genus : Comb-crested Jacana
Comb-crested Jacana, A species of Comb-crested Jacana
Botanical name: Irediparra gallinacea
Genus: Comb-crested Jacana
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Description
This species is unmistakable. It has a black crown and hindneck with a fleshy red wattle covering the forehead and forecrown, contrasting with a white face and throat. The comb is pinker in breeding adults, more orange when not breeding. There is a broad black band on the lower breast with white belly. The underwing and flight feathers, which show most prominently in flight, are black. Back and upperwing mainly grey-brown with black primary coverts, rump and tail. The long legs with extremely long toes trail in flight. The male is slightly smaller than the female and measures 20–22 cm (7.9–8.7 in) in length and weighs 68–84 g (2.4–3.0 oz). The female measures 24–27 cm (9.4–10.6 in) in length and weighs 120–150 g (4.2–5.3 oz). The wingspan ranges from 39 to 46 cm (15 to 18 in). 
Size
24 cm
Feeding Habits
Comb-crested Jacana forages on floating vegetation for seeds and aquatic insects, displaying a specialized dietary adaptation to its habitat.
Habitat
Comb-crested Jacana are typically found in freshwater wetlands that support dense floating and emergent vegetation. Their habitats span tropical and subtropical regions where water-lilies, water hyacinth, and other aquatic plants form thick mats on the water's surface, allowing comb-crested Jacana to walk adeptly atop them. These birds are common in lagoons, swamps, slow-moving rivers, and lakes, and are known to inhabit artificial water bodies as well. Comb-crested Jacana may venture into adjacent uplands with short vegetation and have been recorded at altitudes up to 500 meters in New Guinea.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Behavior
The comb-crested jacana walks slowly and deliberately. It often congregates in flocks. When disturbed, it flies low over water and lands again on open vegetation.
Distribution Area
The bird occurs in south-eastern Borneo, the southern Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, north and south-east New Guinea, New Britain (Lake Lalili), and northern and eastern Australia. Its habitat are large freshwater wetlands, swamps and lakes with abundant floating vegetation, such as water-lilies or water hyacinth, forming a mat on the water surface which it is able to walk on. Although the species is rare and localised it is not globally threatened.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Shorebirds Family
Jacanas Genus
Comb-crested Jacana Species
Comb-crested Jacana 
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