Sentences with word «jacana»
Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana, Jacana spinosa, and the wattled jacana, Jacana jacana. (Wikipedia) (See all definitions)
The wetlands of Kakadu are a birdwatcher's paradise, due to the immense concentration of waterbirds, including magpie geese, whistling ducks, great egrets, royal spoonbills, black-winged stilts, great-billed herons, brolgas, comb-crested jacanas and black-necked storks (jabirus).
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Look for black turtles, whistling ducks, roseate spoonbills, cormorants, anhingas, blue heron, and northern jacanas.
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Enjoy exploring the lake to find cormorants, horned screamers, kingfishers, herons, panguanas, parrots, and jacanas in the areas close to the lodge.
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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.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
Dainty jacanas (also known as Jesus birds or lily trotters) lightly walk on the lily pads while the crocodiles bask in the morning sunlight.
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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.
SCIENCE