Comb-crested Jacana
Irediparra gallinacea
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,330
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter (though these names are sometimes used to describe Jacanidae as a whole), is the only species of jacana in the genus Irediparra. Like other jacana species, it is adapted to the floating vegetation of tropical freshwater wetlands.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Comb-crested jacana”.