Bronze-winged Jacana
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Bronze-winged Jacana

Metopidius indicus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Bandipur National Park
2 Verified records at Bandipur National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Bandipur National Park

Red-wattled Lapwing
LC Endemic

Red-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus indicus

50–60% · Likely
River Tern
VU

River Tern

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Sterna aurantia

40–50% · Likely
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Wood Sandpiper
LC

Wood Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa glareola

10–20% · With luck
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

10–20% · With luck
Black-winged Stilt
LC

Black-winged Stilt

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Himantopus himantopus

10–20% · With luck
Small Pratincole
LC

Small Pratincole

Bird

Glareola lactea

10–20% · With luck
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

5–10% · With luck
Temminck's Stint
LC

Temminck's Stint

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris temminckii

<5% · Rare
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
LC

Yellow-wattled Lapwing

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Vanellus malabaricus

<5% · Rare
Little Tern
LC

Little Tern

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Sternula albifrons

<5% · Rare
Marsh Sandpiper
LC

Marsh Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa stagnatilis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bronze-winged Jacana at Bandipur National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
70–80%
2 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
3 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
20–30%
4 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
5 Sundarbans National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
6 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
7 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
8 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
5–10%
9 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
5–10%
10 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
11 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
12 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
13 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
14 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
15 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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