Neil Aldridge / Two adult African jacanas (Actophilornis africanus) flying over reedbeds, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) male holding his youngsters safely under his wings whilst walking. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) male holding his youngsters safely under his wings whilst walking. Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Dong Lei / Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, China.

Ben Cranke / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) perched on resting Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Martin Willis / African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) walking on floating lily pads, Mabamba Swamp, Uganda

Juergen Freund / Dock worker carrying Yellowfin tuna ashore for weighing, Jacana tuna fish landing, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, April 2009

Pete Oxford / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on leaf of Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Ingo Arndt / African Jacana (Actophilornis africana) foraging near Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) amid water lettuce, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Gabriel Rojo / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana} Ibera marshes, Argentina

Richard Du Toit / African jacana {Actophilornis africana}, summer, Phinda Resource Reserve, South Africa

Tony Heald / Male African jacana caring for chick and eggs {Actophilornis africana} Chobe NP, Botswana