In my revisions to "Jacanas", the set ballooned from its original 8 birds to 42. Yes, there are only 8 true species of Jacana, but when you add in male/female, breeding/non-breeding and subspecies... there are more than just 8 birds. Granted the male vs female and subspecies vs subspecies are pretty slight, but there are noticeable differences to the trained eye. In the render above, for instance, the female on the right is about 1.5 times larger than the male on the left and she's bulkier. The jacana in the middle is a male but you'll notice his comb-crest is a paler red. That's because he hasn't achieved his breeding colors yet. Filling out the image is a Banded Stilt (left, shoreline), 2 Hardheads (Ducks) in flight and an Australian Bustard in the shoreline grasses in "Dream Stance" (an iconic pose for bustards). There's also some Flock Formation Geese in the distance and an Australian Tiger (Dragonfly) in the middle of the image. Okay, now about Comb-crested Jacanas... Jacanas are also known as Lily-trotters, Lotus-hoppers and Jesus-birds. Why Jesus-birds? Because they appear to walk on water. The Comb-crested Jacana is found throughout Australiasia. It is distributed in coastal and sub-coastal regions from the Kimberleys, Western Australia, through northern Australia to about Grafton, New South Wales. They are more common in the north of their range. The species also occurs in New Guinea, Indonesia and the Philippines. There are 3 subspecies. The nominate race is found in southeastern Borneo, Sulawesi, the southeastern Philippines (Mindanao), the Moluccas and the Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa to Timor). Race novaeguinae is endemic to the western Papuan Islands (Misool), Kai Islands, Aru Islands, lowland New Guinea (except in the south), Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain) and the D’Entrecasteaux Islands (Fergusson Island). Race novaehollandiae (which is in the render) is the largest and palest of the subspecies and is found in southern New Guinea, northern and eastern Australia southward to Sydney. They prefer tropical and subtropical freshwater wetlands, including lagoons, billabongs, swamps, lakes, rivers, sewage ponds and dams, providing there is adequate floating vegetation. For Jacanas, its clearly a womans world. They range from 1.5 to 2 times the size of males and have a harem of up to 4 husbands. Once the female lays the eggs, it's the husband duty to incubate the eggs and take care of the young until they fledge. The female only job is to guard all the nests of her husbands. Rendered in Iray using Australian UltraScenery.