Pheasant-tailed Jacana
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Chitwan National Park
4 Verified records at Chitwan National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Like all other jacanas, they have elongated toes and nails that enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat. They may also swim or wade in water reaching their body while foraging mainly for invertebrate prey. They are found in tropical Asia from Yemen in the west to the Philippines in the east and move seasonally in parts of their range. They are the only jacanas that migrate long distances and have different non-breeding and breeding plumages. The pheasant-tailed jacana forages by swimming or by walking on aquatic vegetation. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Chitwan National Park

Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

20–30% · Possible
Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

50–60% · Likely
River Lapwing
NT

River Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus duvaucelii

40–50% · Likely
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

20–30% · Possible
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Small Pratincole
LC

Small Pratincole

Bird

Glareola lactea

10–20% · With luck
Temminck's Stint
LC

Temminck's Stint

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris temminckii

10–20% · With luck
Indian Thick-knee
LC

Indian Thick-knee

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Burhinus indicus

5–10% · With luck
Ibisbill
LC

Ibisbill

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Insufficient data
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

5–10% · With luck
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Pheasant-tailed Jacana at Chitwan National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
2 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
3 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
10–20%
4 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
5 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
8 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
9 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
10 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
11 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Insufficient data
14 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
15 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
16 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
17 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
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