Long-legged waders, usually seen walking or running over floating marsh vegetation. Their extremely long toes with long straight claws makes this possible.
They show a rapid unsustained flight woth the long legs and toes trailing out behind. They undergo a flightless moult of a few weeks when not breeding. They can swim, but generally don't, unless avoiding predators during this flightless moult. They feed mainly by gleaning aquatic invertebrates from floating vegetation and they will flip over lily-pads to get at larvae underneath
The females are twice as large as the males, therefore they cannot forage as far out on the water as males can (due to weight).
They are polyandrous or monogamous. The female jacana defends a large territory, encompassing the nesting territories of multiple males, which solicit the female from temporary floating platforms. A female may lay up to ten clutches of 3 - 4 glossy gold-brown eggs with black scrolls and lines per season
Males often carry young chicks under wings.

Actophilomis = shore-loving bird

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