Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus(Scopoli, GA, 1786)
English (US) Pheasant-tailed Jacana
The Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Jacanidae (Jacanas) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds northern Pakistan eastward in sub-Himalayan region to southeastern China and Taiwan, and southward to southern India, Sri Lanka, southeastern Asia, and Philippines; winters sparsely southward to Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and BaliRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Family
- Jacanidae (Jacanas)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1786)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tringa Chirurgus
- Described by
- (Scopoli, GA, 1786)
- Type locality
- 'In nova Guiana' = Luzon, ex Sonnerat.
- Original description
- Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2 p.92
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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