Jacanas (Jacanidae)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) - HBW 3, p. 291
French: Jacana noir
German: Rotstirn-Blatthühnchen
Spanish: Jacana Suramericana
Taxonomy: Parra Jacana Linnaeus, 1766, Surinam.
Genus occasionally considered to include Hydrophasianus, or alternatively Actophilornis, Irediaparra and Metopidius, but neither proposal widely accepted. Forms superspecies with J. spinosa, but probably not conspecific as suggested by some authors. Range almost overlaps with that of J. spinosa in W Panama, and in past did so; local race hypomelaena of present species is the least similar to J. spinosa. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hypomelaena (G. R. Gray, 1846) - WC Panama (Veraguas) to N Colombia (Magdalena Valley).
- melanopygia (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - W Colombia (Cauca Valley) to W Venezuela (L Maracaibo).
- intermedia (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - N & C Venezuela.
- hypomelaena (G. R. Gray, 1846) - WC Panama (Veraguas) to N Colombia (Magdalena Valley).
- melanopygia (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - W Colombia (Cauca Valley) to W Venezuela (L Maracaibo).
- intermedia (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - N & C Venezuela.
- jacana (Linnaeus, 1766) - SE Colombia E through S Venezuela to Trinidad and the Guianas, and S through most of Brazil to E Bolivia, N Argentina and Uruguay.
- scapularis Chapman, 1922 - lowlands of W Ecuador and NW Peru.
- peruviana Zimmer, 1930 - NE Peru (lower R Ucayali) and adjacent NW Brazil (upper R Amazon).
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An adult bird walking on a wetland and foraging Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp jacana)
Alex García · Videoaves 31 March 2006 4 years ago 39 sec 4.5 -
An adult bird walking on the grass and feeding in the edge of the water Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp jacana)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 3 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
adult foraging on lilies, flaps when it runs out of them Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp jacana)
Martin Kennewell 10 September 2006 23 weeks ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on a marsh Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina (ssp jacana)
Anna Motis 21 August 2004 5 years ago 21 sec 4.1 -
Walking on the water Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 42 sec 4 -
A bird foraging in a wet field. Locality Cultuurtuin, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp jacana)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 2 February 2011 30 weeks ago 27 sec 4
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Adult foraging.
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 10 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
Adult between the marshy vegetation
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina (ssp jacana)
Horacio Luna 8 June 2011 34 weeks ago 4.2 -
Juvenile foraging in a swamp.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp jacana)
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 5 July 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
an adult keeping a close watch on her young,roadside in Mayaro
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 10 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4 -
Juvenil.
Locality Parque La Misión, San Felipe, Yaracuy State, Venezuela
kperezleon 16 November 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A walking adult
Locality Passo do Lontra, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 10 August 2010 11 weeks ago 3.9
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Two birds vocalizing, a young nearby. Locality Estancia El Bagual, Formosa Province, Argentina
Nacho Areta 2 years ago 4 -
Two birds alarm calling Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp jacana)
Stuart Fisher 2 years ago 4 -
Calls in flight Locality Dallas World Aquarium, Dallas, Texas, USA (United States)
pcx 21 July 2009 30 weeks ago 3
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