Pheasant Tailed Jacana in breeding plumage

[Subhajit Chaudhuri]

Pheasant Tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) with shiny brown eggs.
The breeding behaviour of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana is reversed, with the male performing most of the nesting duties such as to build the nest, to incubate and to brood the eggs, and to accompany the precocial chicks when feeding.

Note : Looking at its behavior and size , it seems to be a male one.
Location : Rajarhat wetlands, East Kolkata, India
Date :07 July 2013

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Lovely image of the adult in breeding plumage. Sexes look alike. Great Krishnan has observed
'that the female is larger, mates in turn with a few males and leaves the duty of incubating the eggs and rearing to males.'
Very very pleased to read your observation.
Every male may feel happy that he has become a father.
Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Subhajit Chaudhuri]

Thank you Sakti. Actually PT Jacana is one of the few species with lot of interesting & distinguishable feature

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice to see this one. I hadn't noticed the egg. It is good that unlike the British, our school boys don't collect bird eggs. It is also good that our photographers don't explicitly photograph eggs or birds in nests.

Some of the birds have this habit of the male taking up equal or more share in raising up the young.

What focal length was used here? Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Subhajit Chaudhuri]

Nice to see this one.

What focal length was used here? Is this a crop? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

Thanks Sabyasachi. I cropped a little bit may be 10~15% ( how to find out that in picasa ? ). Used 300mm focal length.
Sorry about missing EXIF :f5.6, Speed 1/1250, ISO-400 with 600D & Tamron 70-300, handheld.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see the bird in its habitat. Interesting behavior observed. Good eye contact and composition. The light looks a bit harsh. Thanks for sharing.