An adult northern jacana, Jacana spinosa, stalking prey in Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica, Central America

Adult wattled jacana, Jacana jacana, with chick walking on the vegetation within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult wattled jacana, Jacana jacana, walking on the vegetation within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult wattled jacanas, Jacana jacana, walking on the vegetation within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), on Queen Victoria water lily, Rio Pixaim, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Adult African jacana (Actophilornis africanus), Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

African Jacana bird walking on river cabbage, Grumeti, Tanzania, East Africa

African Jacana bird walking on river cabbage, Grumeti, Tanzania, East Africa

African Jacana mating, Botswana

African Jacana mating, Botswana

African Jacana warming his chicks, East Africa

African Jacana running on water, East Africa