Jacanas (Jacanidae)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa) - HBW 3, p. 291
French: Jacana du Mexique
German: Gelbstirn-Blatthühnchen
Spanish: Jacana Centroamericana
Other common names: (Middle) American Jacana
Taxonomy: Fulica spinosa Linnaeus, 1758, South America; error = western Panama.
Genus occasionally considered to include Hydrophasianus, or alternatively Actophilornis, Irediaparra and Metopidius, but neither proposal widely accepted. Forms superspecies with J. jacana, and considered conspecific by some authors, but evidence not convincing. Accepted races differ mainly in size, and may represent ecotypes rather than genuine races. Three subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gymnostoma (Wagler, 1831) - Mexico, from SC Sinaloa and C Tamaulipas S to Chiapas, Yucatán and Cozumel I; rarely SE Texas (USA).
- spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Belize and Guatemala S to W Panama.
- violacea (Cory, 1881) - Cuba, I of Pines, Jamaica and Hispaniola.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird at the edge of a lake searching for food. Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp spinosa)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 24 July 2005 4 years ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A group of chicks foraging. Locality CATIE Research Center, Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica (ssp spinosa)
Alex García · Videoaves 29 June 2010 1 year ago 38 sec 4.3 -
An adult on water lilies making a short flight up Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp violacea)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2004 6 years ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird walking through the marshy edge of a lake. Locality Coba, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp spinosa)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 24 July 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 3.8 -
An adult standing on waterlilies Locality Country Club, Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (ssp gymnostoma)
Josep del Hoyo 22 September 2006 4 years ago 24 sec 3.8 -
An adult walking over water lilies and feeding Locality Zapata Peninsula, Matanzas Province, Cuba (ssp violacea)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2004 6 years ago 24 sec 3.8
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Walking on floating vegetation
Locality Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 7 August 2006 1 year ago 4 -
Showing its long toes while walking on floating vegetation
Locality Estero Llano Grande State Park, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 7 August 2006 1 year ago 4 -
Juvenile.
Locality Palo Verde, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 11 February 2011 46 weeks ago 3.6 -
Juvenile.
Locality Palo Verde, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 11 February 2011 46 weeks ago 3.4 -
Adult.
Locality Palo Verde, Costa Rica
Miriam Bauman 11 February 2011 46 weeks ago 3.4 -
male
Locality Jamaica
Leen van Ginkel 9 August 2011 25 weeks ago 3.2
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