Talk:Bronze-winged jacana

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I have added a 5 references and a few paragraphs detailing the mating systems of the Bronze Winged Jacana. Njoymusic2 (talk) 06:15, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lappet colour

The Bronze-winged jacana is described by Hugh Whistler as having a frontal lappet that is "livid" in colour. Livid is bluish-grey and that is what almost any photograph shows. Rasmussen & Anderton (2005) have it as red which seems to be in error - as only the base of the upper mandible is red. HBW has seen the problem and seems to have decided that the lappet turns red during courtship - and there is no photograph or description that has this. I urge anyone to make careful observations and read the literature carefully and to not add these doubtful descriptions into the article for now. Shyamal (talk) 11:50, 27 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I'm disappointed that Ramussen and Anderton appear to have screwed up here. Here is a photo of a bird at a nest with a livid shield: http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=1198&Bird_Image_ID=3627&Bird_Family_ID=&p=14 -Aa77zz (talk) 10:47, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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The bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia. Like other jacanas, it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation, using its long feet and legs for balance. The sexes are alike but females are slightly larger and are polyandrous, maintaining a harem of males during the breeding season in the monsoon rains. Males maintain territories, with one male in the harem chosen to incubate the eggs and take care of the young. When threatened, young chicks may be carried to safety by the male under his wings. This bronze-winged jacana was photographed in Kumarakom on the shore of Vembanad, the largest lake in the Indian state of Kerala.

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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