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What is a jacana?

What is a jacana? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having long toes and claws, and found throughout the world.
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Cruise East Alligator River past crocodiles and see jacana and jesus birds swapping lily pads.
The African Jacana is another bird that has unique social and mating behaviour.
When we came around the other side of the pond, someone spotted a jacana walking across the lily pads.
The male northern jacana, for example, incubates eggs and raises chicks on his own.
The most singular character of the jacana is its long toes and claws.
In the ponds we may encounter the Green Ibis, Snowy Egrets, Boatbill heron, the Purple Gallinule and the Wattled Jacana and many others.

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