Pheasant-tailed jacana
Jacanas are wading birds and have large, long toes which enable them to walk on floating vegetation. Females are larger than the males. During the breeding season they have long black tail feathers, rather like those of a pheasant. This bird was collected by Dr John Teschemaker.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 172/1995
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Collection Area Region
- South Asia
- Collector Excavator
- Teschemaker, Dr John
- Common Name
- pheasant-tailed jacana
- Simple Name
- bird
