The wet season is a good time to see these great looking birds. Unmistakable in flight. Lovely golden 'mane'/neck in breeding plumage as well as a long tail. Truly precocious as they can walk almost instantly once hatched. Still, quite a feat on that wobbly floating vegetation. This is a female bird. They have reversed sex roles so that the male is the one raising and incubating the young ones. Now, I wonder why this male hasn't got a long tail?
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