Pheasant-tailed Jacana
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Sundarbans National Park
7 Verified records at Sundarbans National Park
November Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ 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 →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Pheasant-tailed Jacana sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Sundarbans National Park

Bronze-winged Jacana
LC

Bronze-winged Jacana

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Metopidius indicus

5–10% · With luck
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

70–80% · Very likely
Whimbrel
LC

Whimbrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius phaeopus

70–80% · Very likely
Eurasian Curlew
NT

Eurasian Curlew

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius arquata

60–70% · Likely
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

50–60% · Likely
Little Tern
LC

Little Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula albifrons

20–30% · With luck
Terek Sandpiper
LC

Terek Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Xenus cinereus

10–20% · With luck
Greater Sandplover
LC

Greater Sandplover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Charadrius leschenaultii

10–20% · With luck
Brown-headed Gull

Brown-headed Gull

Bird

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

5–10% · With luck
Grey-headed Lapwing
LC

Grey-headed Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus cinereus

5–10% · With luck
Pacific Golden-Plover
LC

Pacific Golden-Plover

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pluvialis fulva

5–10% · With luck
Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ 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

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Sundarbans National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Pheasant-tailed Jacana sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 7 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Sundarbans National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.

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