Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Wattled Jacana
The Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) 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.
- Scientific name
- Jacana jacana
- Family
- Jacanidae (Jacanas)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wattled Jacana
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Jacana jacana hypomelaena
- Jacana jacana melanopygia
- Jacana jacana intermedia
- Jacana jacana jacana
- Jacana jacana scapularis
- Jacana jacana peruviana
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Parra Jacana
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- South America, Surinam accepted as type locality by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 304.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.259
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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