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OverviewAI-generated
*Jacana jacana*, commonly known as the Wattled Jacana, is a species of bird in the family Jacanidae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata within the kingdom Animalia. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1766 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern.
This diurnal bird has a wingspan of 40 and a mass of 9.7. It inhabits freshwater environments and is native to South America, with specific records from Brazil, Bragança, Argentina, Surinam, Bolivia, and Venezuela. The species lays clutches of 4 eggs, which have an incubation period of 28 days.
Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernWattled Jacana
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyJacanidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 601
- With media
- 66
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Collections
- LACM, DMNH, UWBM, ROM, CUMV
- Recorded in
- Argentina, Surinam, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Suriname, United States
Bird sounds
- call· French Guiana· quality A
- call· French Guiana· quality A
- call, duet· Argentina· quality A
- call, song· Bolivia· quality A
via Xeno-canto
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Encyclopedic overview
The wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) is a wader in the family Jacanidae found throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama and Trinidad. It is the only species in the Jacanidae family with such a large distribution. Wattled jacanas have long toes and claws which help them walk through aquatic vegetation. Like the majority of species of jacanas, the female is larger than the male, and forms harems of up to 4 or 5 males at any given time. There is also a major difference in proportional development or ornamentation (facial crest and wing size) and defense (length of wing spur) relative to body size when compared to males.
Etymology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacana jacana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.