AFRICAN JACANA
(Groot langtoon)
Call: Range of screeching, scolding and yapping notes. Kyorri, kyorr and kraaa, kraaa
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This cache forms a part of the YWP Bird series.
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I DECIDED TO DO THIS BIRD TRAIL IN YELLOWWOOD PARK, SEEING THAT ALL STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER BIRDS. I HOPE PEOPLE WILL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL BIRDS WHICH WE SEE EVERY DAY AND TAKE FOR GRANTED... IT OPENED MY EYES.
Don't forget to treat this birdie like you would like your cache to be treated.
Please Bring your own Pen
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QUICK FACTS
Walk on water little jacana.
A jacana is a wader, and is also known as a ‘Jesus bird’, ‘lily trotter’, ‘lotus bird’ and ‘jaçana’.
Jacanas are tropical birds found throughout the tropical regions of the world, that live in shallow lake areas, ponds and wetlands.
Jacanas’ diet consists mainly of insects, molluscs and other small animals found in a lake habitat, as well as aquatic seeds.
Jacanas appear to walk on water, and have long legs and large feet and claws or toes up to 7 cm (2.75 inches) long, which allows the bird to walk on lily pads and other vegetation in the water.
Jacanas are typically brown in colour with pointy beaks and are good swimmers and divers. and can stay under water for long periods of time.
Jacanas build nests from plant material, that sit on floating or submerged vegetation.
Jacana females lay approximately four glossy eggs that are camouflaged with different markings,and the male sits on them & looks after the chicks.
Jacanas rarely leave their lake habitat to walk on land, and they only fly short distances.
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