African jacana bird (African water pheasant) for those who have never seen one, may be a little confused by today’s sighting, whether it is actually a millipede bird, or whether it is a monster, an alien, or a film editor?
They really exist on our planet, and the legs they see are real (not fake).
The official name, Actophilornis africanus, is a wading bird or wetland bird of the family Jacanidae, a species of bird found in sub-Saharan Africa in Africa.
It is a medium-sized bird, with an estimated size of 23 to 31 cm, generally similar to many other common animals, with females being larger than males. Males weigh only 137 grams, but females weigh 261 grams. This is the largest bird Jacana. Called the frog bird or chilli bird by the Thai people because the jacana bird or water bird queen, a small bird with very long feet. There are a total of seven species found in swamps or swamps in tropical regions around the world. The African jacana bird lives in wetlands and eats crabs, fish and small aquatic animals for food and is usually only found on the African continent…
The uniqueness of this bird is the presence of dark stripes from the eyes, back of the head to the tips of the wings. But the color of the wings is dark brown. It has a blue beak that reaches the middle of its head and has long gray legs. The underside of its body is also dark brown. But before they mature, they are white and instead have dark brown stripes on their abdomen.
The chicks appear to be well protected, and their brighter yellow tones become invisible to predators.
But what is considered unique is its many legs. In fact, this bird has very slender legs and toes. And the claws on each finger are up to 7 cm long. This allows it to move on many species of aquatic plants, especially in shallow ponds with floating plants or piles of underwater plants by foraging in the area, eating insects or other animals. Small backbones for food
They also build floating nests in this area to breed during the breeding season. Females can mate with many males. It lays about four eggs in a nest and the eggs that hatch will have a person in charge. until the children grow up. Therefore, when looking for food in water sources like this, it must bring its children along. That’s also the reason we see it has so many small extra legs, in fact those are its children’s legs.
