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The bronze-winged jacana is a wader in the family Jacanidae. Like other jacanas it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation, the long feet spreading out its weight and preventing sinking. It is found across South and Southeast Asia and is the sole species in the genus Metopidius.
Scientific Name : Metopidius Indicus
Family : Jacanidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Type : Jacanas
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 29 cm
Compare Size : Partridge +-
Wingspan : 54 cm
Weight : 147 - 202 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : Yes
Nesting Season : June - September
Other Names :
Hindi : जल पीपी
Marathi : सोनेरी पंखाचा कमळपक्षी, कांस्य-पंखी कमळपक्षी , पाणपिपुली, डिंगची
Habitat:
Swamps, Shallow lakes, Marshes, and Lagoons
Breeding:
Eggs - 4, Glossy, handsome bronze-brown with blackish scrawls.
Feeding:
Larvae, Earthworms, Millipedes, Snails, Spiders
Juvenile
| Male & Female | |
|---|---|
| Wing | bronzy brown with a greenish shine |
| Head | black |
| Neck | black |
| Breast | black |
| Supercilium or eyebrow | white string above the eye and ending at back of the neck |
| Uppertail Converts | chestnut |
| Back | lower back chestnut |
| Rump | chestnut |
| Undertail Coverts | chestnut |
| Tail | short, stubby and reddish brown |
| Bill | greenish-yellow |
| Upper mandible | purple and red colouring at base |
| Forehead | a purple coloured lappet extends from the upper mandible purple area on to the forehead |
| toes | long |
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Note : slightly larger than the males |
| young birds | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | brown |
| Crown | rufous |
| Underparts | white |
| Neck | buff fore neck |
| Supercilium or eyebrow | may be dull brown |
| Upper mandible | red base and purple purple coloured lappet extending to forehead underdeveloped |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
| 10 May 2022 | Karjat - Murbad Road |
