«A male jacana sits on the nest, watching the mother of the chicks he will raise, while she continues to mate with other males nearby.» (sciencemag.org)
Then, in the hush, sudden movement: moorhens, thrushes, green imperial pigeons, pheasant - tailed jacana, all colourful birds squealing out of the underbrush as we approached. (fieryfoodscentral.com)
Wattled jacanas are black, quail - sized birds with puffy red faces and extremely long toes that wade through the marshes and slow - flowing rivers of Central and South America. (sciencemag.org)