Comb-crested Jacana

The comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter (though these names are sometimes used to describe Jacanidae as a whole), is the only species of jacana in the genus Irediparra. Like other jacana species, it is adapted to the floating vegetation of tropical freshwater wetlands. Notable features include a black crown and hindneck with a fleshy red wattle covering the forehead and forecrown, contrasting with a white face and throat. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its habitat are large freshwater wetlands, swamps and lakes with abundant floating vegetation, such as water-lilies or water hyacinth, forming a mat on the water surface which it is able to walk on. It builds a flimsy nest on floating or emergent vegetation, in which the female lays four lustrous, pale brown eggs covered by black markings. The young hatch well-developed and soon leave the nest. The comb is pinker in breeding adults, more orange when not breeding. (Wikipedia, general species account).