Ben Cranke / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) perched on resting Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Pete Oxford / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on leaf of Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Gabriel Rojo / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana} Ibera marshes, Argentina

Pascal Kobeh / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) eggs on nest in wetland. Kaw-Roura Marshland National Nature Reserve, French Guiana.

David Perpinan / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), Juvenile in a shallow pond, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Konrad Wothe / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) Mata Atlantica, Bahia, Brazil.

Sylvain Cordier / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), juvenile, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Sylvain Cordier / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), juvenile, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

John Shaw / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana), with chicks tucked under adult's feathers. Note the number of legs showing. Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Bernard Castelein / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on mud, Pampas del Yacuma Protected Area, Bolivia

Sylvain Cordier / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) juvenile, Sandoval Lake, Peru

Hermann Brehm / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) stretching wing, Pantanal, Brazil.

Tony Heald / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) flying over Giant Waterlily (Victoria amazonica) Pantanal, Brazil

Tony Heald / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) stalking in water, Pantanal, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) with Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) on back. Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Gabriel Rojo / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina

Ben Cranke / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), Cattle Tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) on Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Ben Cranke / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Paul Williams / Rufescent Tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) supported by Giant water lily leaf (Victoria cruziana) with Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) in background, Pantanal, Pocone, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) on water lily pads, savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on leaf of Royal water lily (Victoria amazonica) savannah, Rupununi, Guyana

Rod Williams / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) flapping wings, captive, from central and south america

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) on the margin of Mamirauá Lake, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, Amazonas State, Northern Brazil.

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} nest with eggs on aquatic plants, Chagres River, Panama

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} Chagres River, Panama

Christophe Courteau / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on Giant waterlily leaves (Victoria amazonica) Pantanal. Brazil.

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana courtship display {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} Chagres Panama

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana male display {Jacana jacana hypomelaena} Chagres river, Panama

DAVID TIPLING / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana). Amazon rainforest, Manu NP (Biosphere reserve), Peru, South America

David Tipling / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in wetland, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru

Luciano Candisani / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on water plants to forage, Pantanal, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) walking on water plants, Pantanal, Brazil

Thomas Marent / Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) with Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) on its back, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Suzi Eszterhas / Jacare Caiman (Caiman yacare), Great Egret (Ardea alba), Limpkin (Aramus guarauna), Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria), Wood Stork (Mycteria americana), Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), White-necked Heron (Ardea co...

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) territorial display, oxbow lake, Manu National Park, Peru

Luciano Candisani / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) wading, Pantanal, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in defensive posture on lily pad, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) on lily pad, Rupununi, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) portrait in wetland, Brazil

Michael Pitts / Wattled jacana {Jacana jacana} research project + Natalie Demong. Chagres river, Panama

Robin Chittenden / Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) standing on large leaf on water, Trinidad, April

Michael Pitts / Camerman Michael Pitts with Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) filming on location at Chagres river, Panama, filming for BBC television series 'Trials of Life', 1991/1992

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), Ibera Provincial Reserve, Ibera Wetlands, Argentina