BLACK JACANA 



Sexes alike. Above greenish black, wing 

 quills dull greenish yellow narrowly tipped with 

 black; wing spur bright yellow; head all around 

 and under parts black with a greenish gloss. 



FIG. 1 8. Jacana nigra 



Bill greenish changing at base, to pink above 

 and yellow below, frontal shield lavendar; feet 

 green washed with blue. 



Maroon phase, formerly regarded as a distinct 

 species (/. melanopygia). Back, wing coverts 

 and sometimes rump, maroon. 



Young. Head, back and wing coverts gray- 

 ish brown; hindneck and rump black; a white 

 stripe from bill over eye along sides of head; 

 below that a broad black stripe from eye join- 

 ing black of hindneck; cheeks, and under parts 

 buffy white. 



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