Metopidius indicus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-winged Jacana sighting in Colachel on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 52nd most-seen of the 59 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bronze-winged Jacana in Colachel on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–June and October–December, the lowest months. Those are among Colachel's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 250 mm in October.
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.
43rd of 51
Of the 51 cities where we can rate Bronze-winged Jacana sightings, Colachel ranks 43rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Savar (Bangladesh, about 70%), Tamluk (India, about 40%) and Chattogram (Bangladesh, about 40%).
Same order: Charadriiformes
The closest relatives of the Bronze-winged Jacana that you can see in Colachel (order Charadriiformes, Shorebirds and Allies) are Common Sandpiper (about 10%), Ruddy Turnstone (about 10%) and Whimbrel (about 10%), 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 Colachel (12 verified sightings), 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.
