The Story
I photographed this Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) at Hacienda El Retorno in La Chamba, Guamo, Tolima, Colombia. The female is larger than the male and keeps a harem of up to four or five males. The male incubates, holding the eggs between his wings and breast. It has yellow bony spurs on the front edge of its wings that it can use to defend itself and its young. Guamo is known as the cattle capital of Tolima, and three rivers run through the municipality: the Luisa, the Magdalena and the Saldaña.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/250 sec, f/5.6, ISO 800. IUCN lists the Wattled Jacana as Least Concern, with a stable population.
©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