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

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

Christophe Courteau / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on Giant waterlily leaves (Victoria amazonica) Pantanal. Brazil.

Luciano Candisani / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) wading, Pantanal, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) on water lily pads, savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

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

Pete Oxford / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in defensive posture on lily pad, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) on lily pad, Rupununi, Guyana

Rod Williams / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) flapping wings, captive, from central and south america

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) on the margin of Mamirauá Lake, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas State, Northern Brazil.

Luciano Candisani / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on water plants to forage, Pantanal, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on water plants, Pantanal, Brazil

David Tipling / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in wetland, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} Chagres River, Panama

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} nest with eggs on aquatic plants, Chagres River, Panama

Pete Oxford / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) portrait in wetland, Brazil

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) territorial display, oxbow lake, Manu National Park, Peru

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana male display {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} Chagres river, Panama

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana courtship display {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} Chagres Panama

DAVID TIPLING / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana). Amazon rainforest, Manu NP (Biosphere reserve), Peru, South America

Robin Chittenden / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) standing on large leaf on water, Trinidad, April

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana} research project + Natalie Demong. Chagres river, Panama