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. |