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Species
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyJacanidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Actophilornis
- Mass
- 8.6
- Image
- African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Actophilornis africanus
- Commons category
- Actophilornis africanus
- Commons gallery
- Actophilornis africanus
- taxon common name
- xacana africana
- litter size
- 4
- short name
- A. africanus
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
The African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It has long toes and long claws that enable it to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, its preferred habitat. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa. For the origin and pronunciation of the name, see Jacanidae.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “African Jacana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.