African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) African Jacana
The African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Jacanidae (Jacanas) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: lakes, ponds, and marshes of sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Actophilornis africanus
- Family
- Jacanidae (Jacanas)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- African Jacana
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Parra africana
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Africa, restricted to Ethiopia by Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 59.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.709
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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