Bronze-winged Jacana (Immature)

The jacanas are a group of waders in the family Charadriidae, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.

They are 29 cm (11 in) long, but the females are larger than the males. They are mainly black, although the inner wings are very dark brown . There is a striking white eyestripe. The yellow bill extends up as a red coot-like head shield, and the legs and very long toes are grey.

However Young birds have brown upperparts. Their underparts are white, with a buff foreneck as shown in this picture .