Wattled Jacana

Jacana jacana - Jacana noir

Jacana noir
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Jacanidés

  • Genus
    :

    Jacana

  • Species
    :

    jacana

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 25 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 89 à 151 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Jacana noir
adult
Jacana noir
immature

Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) is a species of bird in the Jacanidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Jacana jacana jacana (Trinidad, s Colombia and s Venezuela through the Guianas south to e Bolivia, n Argentina and Uruguay)
  • Jacana jacana hypomelaena (wc Panama to n Colombia)
  • Jacana jacana melanopygia (w Colombia to w Venezuela)
  • Jacana jacana intermedia (n and c Venezuela)
  • Jacana jacana scapularis (w Ecuador, nw Peru)
  • Jacana jacana peruviana (ne Peru, nw Brazil)

Foreign names

  • Jacana noir,
  • Jacana suramericana,
  • jaçanã-de-fronte-vermelha,
  • Rotstirn-Blatthühnchen,
  • jasszána,
  • Leljacana,
  • Jacana caruncolata,
  • flikjaçana,
  • Rødflikbladhøne,
  • jakana červenočelá,
  • ostnák jihoamerický,
  • Jacana,
  • helttajassana,
  • jacana sud-americà,
  • długoszpon krasnoczelny,
  • Сережчатая якана,
  • ナンベイレンカク,
  • 肉垂水雉,
  • 肉垂水雉,

Voice song and cries

Jacana noir
adult

Habitat

Jacana noir
juvenile

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Jacana noir
published: - Updated: 02-09-2015
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