JACANIDAE
PHEASANT-TAILED JACANA 

Location : Batu Gajah Perak

Date :  3 March 2020

29–31.5 cm (breeding adult tail up to 25 cm more) Adult breeding: Blackish-brown; white head/foreneck, yellow-buff hindneck, long blackish tail, mostly white wings.Adult non-breeding: Drab brown above, pale buff supercilium/neck-side bordered by black eyestripe that leads to breast-band, white below, shorter tail.Juvenile: As adult non-breeding but rufous-chestnut crown, rufous-buff fringing above, weaker breast-band. VOICE Deep rhythmic t’you or meonp notes, and nasal mewing jaew or tewn notes (territorial). Sharp tic-tic-tic.. and nasal brrr-brrp; high whining eeeaaar in alarm. HABITAT Well-vegetated freshwater marshes, lakes and pools, also mangroves, large rivers on passage; up to 1,000 m. RANGE Un/lc R (some movements) Myanmar (except W), C,NE Thailand, Cambodia. Sc/lfc WV Thailand, Pen Malaysia, Cambodia, N,S Annam, Cochinchina. Sc/un PM C Thailand, Pen Malaysia, N Laos, E Tonkin (formerly bred), C Annam. V Singapore. Rc (status?) C,S Laos.