The Story
I made this photo of a juvenile Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) at Reserva Natural El Encanto de Guanapalo in Casanare, Colombia. The Wattled Jacana has yellow bony spurs on the front edge of its wings that it can use to defend itself and its young. It lives throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama and Trinidad. El Encanto de Guanapalo brings together three ranches, Mata de Palma, Altamira and Montana, in a reserve of almost 9,000 hectares of flooded savanna and gallery forest in San Luis de Palenque. IUCN lists the Wattled Jacana as Least Concern, with a stable population.
I used a Pentax K-1 with the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 for this one, at 1/400 sec, f/7.1, ISO 100. El Encanto de Guanapalo pays for its conservation through traditional cattle ranching, ecotourism and carbon credits, using the Cataruben Foundation’s Co2Bio model.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
The bird
The Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) belongs to the family Jacanidae (Jacanas) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as stable. Source: IUCN Red List