Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyJacanidae (Jacanas)
- GenusHydrophasianus
- SpeciesHydrophasianus chirurgus (Pheasant-tailed Jacana)
Closest Relatives at Bandhavgarh National Park
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Indian Thick-knee
Burhinus indicus
Yellow-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus malabaricus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Barred Buttonquail
Turnix suscitator
River Lapwing
Vanellus duvaucelii
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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 | |
| 2 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 4 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 11 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 14 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 15 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 16 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Bandhavgarh National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Pheasant-tailed Jacana sighting in Bandhavgarh National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Bandhavgarh National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Pheasant-tailed Jacana in Bandhavgarh National Park in our monthly data.