The Story
I photographed this juvenile Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) at the Nowen Bridge in Puerto Concordia, Meta, Colombia, in February 2021. Its long toes and claws let it walk across floating plants. Females are larger than males and may keep up to four or five males at a time, and the male incubates the eggs, holding two between each wing and his breast. The name jacana comes from a Tupi word meaning very loud bird. Young birds have entirely white underparts and can always be told by the white in their plumage.
I made this frame with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11 plus the RF 1.4x extender, at 1/350 sec, f/16, ISO 1600, +1 EV. IUCN lists the Wattled Jacana as Least Concern with a stable population.
©2021 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