Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) male in breeding plumage, in flight. Oman, July.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) male in breeding plumage, wading in water. Oman, July.

Tony Heald / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking of Lily pads. Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Rick Price / Comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) standing in water amongst vegetation. Ord River, The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Steven David Miller / Comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) male and four eggs. The male incubates the eggs. Corroboree Billabong, Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia.

Staffan Widstrand / African jacana, (Actophilornis africanus) walking, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

John Shaw / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), with chicks tucked under adult's feathers. Note the number of legs showing. Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Bernard Castelein / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on mud, Pampas del Yacuma Protected Area, Bolivia

Ann & Steve Toon / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, September

Piotr Naskrecki / African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Bernard Castelein / African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Gambia.