Jacanas (Jacanidae)
Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) - HBW 3, p. 290
French: Jacana à crête
German: Kammblatthühnchen
Spanish: Jacana Crestada
Other common names: Lotusbird, Lily-trotter, Christbird
Taxonomy: Parra gallinacea Temminck, 1828, Menado, Sulawesi.
Genus occasionally lumped with Microparra and Actophilornis in Metopidius, or alternatively with Actophilornis and Metopidius in Jacana, but neither proposal widely accepted. Validity of races uncertain and frequently challenged; there is apparently clinal increase in size from N to S, but considerable variation in size in any one population; supposed subspecific differences in tone of upperparts also seems variable; birds from Kai Is (SE Moluccas) may represent a racially mixed and possibly unstable population, although general characters perhaps clo.. View all taxonomy...
Genus occasionally lumped with Microparra and Actophilornis in Metopidius, or alternatively with Actophilornis and Metopidius in Jacana, but neither proposal widely accepted. Validity of races uncertain and frequently challenged; there is apparently clinal increase in size from N to S, but considerable variation in size in any one population; supposed subspecific differences in tone of upperparts also seems variable; birds from Kai Is (SE Moluccas) may represent a racially mixed and possibly unstable population, although general characters perhaps closest to novaeguinae; species may be more appropriately considered monospecific, but further study required. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gallinacea (Temminck, 1828) - SE Borneo, Sulawesi, SE Philippines (Mindanao), Moluccas and Lesser Sundas.
- novaeguinae (Ramsay, 1878) - N & C New Guinea, Misool I and Aru Is.
- novaehollandiae (Salvadori, 1882) - S New Guinea, D’Entrecasteaux Is, N & E Australia S to Sydney.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One bird approaching the nest with 4 eggs Locality Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Bill Murray 8 November 2009 2 years ago 42 sec 4.8 -
Bird feeding walking over the waterplants Locality Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
Eldert Groenewoud 27 July 2009 2 years ago 26 sec 4.7 -
A bird walking across water lily leaves Locality Mareeba Wetland, Queensland, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae)
Keith Blomerley 6 November 2003 4 years ago 28 sec 4.3 -
A bird walking on a wetland and feeding Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp novaehollandiae)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 4 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird perching on floating vegetation. Locality Crams Farm, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia (ssp novaeholladiae)
Nick Talbot 19 August 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A bird preening Locality Townsville, Queensland, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae)
Eldert Groenewoud 26 July 2007 3 years ago 22 sec 3.8
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Comb-crested Jacana feeding on lily pads.
Locality Metroplex on Gateway, Murarrie, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
Juvenile Comb-crested Jacana standing on a lily pad
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 29 June 2008 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Adult lily-trotting.
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia
Edward Smith 8 August 2011 25 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird on lily pad
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia
Peter Strauss 4 August 2008 50 weeks ago 3.5 -
A chick.
Locality Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae)
Ken Havard 6 May 2005 1 year ago 3.3 -
adult, walking in the water
Locality Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp novaehollandiae)
Georges Olioso 11 September 2007 2 years ago 3.3
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