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African Jacana

Photographed in The Gambia, this bird of wetland habitats has exceptionally long, splayed feet, that help it walk across floating vegetation.

They are sometimes called Lily-trotters, which is pretty much what this one is doing, as it searches for insects.

 

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Uploaded on January 29, 2025
Taken on November 22, 2023