What is interesting about the jacana birds?
The amazing lily-trotter: Jacanas are colorful water birds with long legs and incredibly long toes and claws. The super-long toes spread the bird's weight over a large area. This allows them to walk across floating vegetation, especially lily pads. Jacanas often appear to be walking on the water itself!
What eats the Northern Jacana?
Predation. Predators of the jacana include snakes, caimans, snapping turtles and various large birds and mammals.
How much does a Northern Jacana weigh?
3.1 – 5.1 ozNorthern jacana / Mass
What does the Northern Jacana live?
At marshy ponds from Mexico to Panama, this odd shorebird is common. Its long toes allow it to run about on lily pads and other floating vegetation.
Is Northern Jacana aggressive?
Jacanas are resident (non-migratory) within their range and maintain home territories for feeding and breeding. They aggressively defend their territories using as weapons the spurs on the bend of the wing.
How many jacana are there in the world?
According to the IUCN Red List, there may be anywhere between 5 million and 50 million mature wattled jacanas in the wild.
How big is a Northern Jacana?
9.5 in.Northern jacana / Length
How does the Northern Jacana fight?
Now, face to face, the two birds size each other up. Crouching low, elbow spurs flared out to the sides, each sidesteps the other in a slow circle. Then red-over-blue-and-white right pounces, leaping into the air and striking the intruder feet first on her way down, slashing out with her spurs.
How does a Northern Jacana fight?
Now, face to face, the two birds size each other up. Crouching low, elbow spurs flared out to the sides, each sidesteps the other in a slow circle. Then red-over-blue-and-white right pounces, leaping into the air and striking the intruder feet first on her way down, slashing out with her spurs.