Wildlifeof Thailand
Bronze-winged Jacana
Jacanidae
Photo: Sourabh Biswas · CC BY-SA 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Metopidius indicus
Basic stats
Diet
Aquatic insects, molluscs and plant material
Habitat
Freshwater wetlands with floating vegetation
Range
South and Southeast Asia
Size
28–31cm
The bronze-winged jacana is a striking wetland bird with glossy black head and underparts, bronze-brown wings, white eye-stripe and extremely long toes. It walks across lily pads and other floating vegetation on freshwater wetlands throughout South and Southeast Asia, picking aquatic insects, molluscs and plant material. Females are larger and may mate with several males; males incubate the eggs and carry chicks beneath their wings (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Least Concern (Thailand Red Data 2025).
Quick answers
- What does the Bronze-winged Jacana eat?
- Aquatic insects, molluscs and plant material
- What habitat does the Bronze-winged Jacana live in?
- Freshwater wetlands with floating vegetation
- Where is the Bronze-winged Jacana found?
- South and Southeast Asia
- How big is the Bronze-winged Jacana?
- 28–31cm