jacana

• A still more interesting bird was the jacana, as it is spelt in books, but pronounced ya-sa-na' by the Indians of Paraguay, a quaint rail-like bird supposed to be related to the plover family: black and maroon-red in colour, the wing-quills a shining greenish-yellow, it has enormously long toes, spurs on its wings, and yellow wattles on its face. —  Far Away And Long Ago
• Neither of us had ever seen moorhens allopreen before and it was a nice reminder that even the common can sometimes exhibit a behavior that is not common, or at least not commonly observed. flushed and flew in front of us all thought of interesting behavior flew out the window for a few moments as we strove to capture the flashing yellow wings of a jacana in flight. —  10,000 Birds
• An African jacana on the creep, in search of food. —  Vineyard Gazette - Top Stories
• I at once recognised it as the jacana. —  The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco
• The first fall of the monsoon rain seems to be the signal for the commencement of nesting operations, but by no means every pair of birds obeys the signal immediately The nearest approach to a generalisation which it is possible to make is that the egrets and paddy-birds are usually the first of the monsoon breeders to begin nest-building, while the spot-billed duck, the whistling teal and the bronze-winged jacana are the last. —  A Bird Calendar for Northern India

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