Lesser Jacana
Microparra capensis(Smith, A, 1839)
English (US) Lesser Jacana
The Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis) 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 Africa from Mali eastward to Ethiopia and southward to Namibia and southeastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Microparra capensis
- Family
- Jacanidae (Jacanas)
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Jacana
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Parra capensis
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1839)
- Type locality
- Near Algoa Bay.
- Original description
- Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt.7 pl.32,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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