Metopidius indicus
Silhouette: Burton Robert, USFWS · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia and is the sole species in the genus Metopidius. Like other jacanas it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation, using its long feet and legs for balance. The sexes are alike but females are slightly larger and are polyandrous, maintaining a harem of males during the breeding season in the monsoon rains. Males maintain territories, with one male in the harem chosen to incubate the eggs and take care of the young. When threatened, young chicks may be carried to safety by the male under his wings.
The bronze-winged jacana was formally described by the English ornithologist John Latham in 1790 and given the binomial name Parra indica. He placed it in the genus Parra along with all the other jacanas. Latham had earlier included the species in a supplement to his A General Synopsis of Birds but had not coined a scientific name. The present genus Metopidius was introduced by the German zoologist Johann Georg Wagler in 1832. The bronze-winged jacana is the only species within the genus. The name Metopidius is from the Ancient... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 8 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 10 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 16 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savar | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 2 | Tamluk | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 4 | Indore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Yangon | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | |
| 6 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Durg | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Ponnani | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Visakhapatnam | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Coimbatore | 🇮🇳 India |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-winged Jacana sighting in Chitwan National Park on a given day, based on 378 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 74th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March and October–November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-winged Jacana in Chitwan National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July–September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Chitwan National Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bronze-winged Jacana sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
3rd of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Bronze-winged Jacana sightings, Chitwan National Park ranks 3rd at about 20%. The best odds are in Keoladeo National Park (India, about 70%) and Kaziranga National Park (India, about 60%).
Same order: Charadriiformes
The closest relatives of the Bronze-winged Jacana that you can see in Chitwan National Park (order Charadriiformes, Shorebirds and Allies) are Red-wattled Lapwing (about 60%), River Lapwing (about 50%) and Green Sandpiper (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bronze-winged Jacana is recorded against all the birds logged in Chitwan National Park (378 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
