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Actophilornis
Sign in to saveActophilornis is a genus of jacana. It contains two species restricted to Africa and its surrounding islands.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyJacanidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 294
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Collections
- ROM, CUMV, WFVZ
- Recorded in
- Sudan, Ghana, United States, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal
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Actophilornis is a genus of jacana. It contains two species restricted to Africa and its surrounding islands.
==Taxonomy== The genus Actophilornis was introduced in 1925 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the African jacana as the type species. Actophilornis was a replacement name for Actophilus which was pre-occupied. The name combines the Ancient Greek aktē meaning "river bank" or "coastal strand", -philos meaning "-loving" and ornis meaning "bird".
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