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Jacanidae
Sign in to saveThe jacanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds or lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found in the tropical regions around the world. They are noted for their elongated toes and toenails that allow them to spread out their weight while foraging on floating or semi-emergent aquatic vegetation. They are also among the somewhat rare groups of birds in which females are larger, and several species maintain harems of males in the breeding season with males solely responsible for incubating eggs and taking care of the chicks.
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Jacanidae is a family of birds within the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Stejneger in 1885 and holds an accepted status in the World Register of Marine Species. Members of this family are commonly known as jacanas and inhabit freshwater environments.
The family has been documented in various locations, including India, Burundi, Trinidad and Tobago, Sri Lanka, and Guatemala. Specimens associated with the family are held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ANWC, NMV, and SAMA. Global biodiversity databases record over one million occurrences for this taxon, while specific digital collections contain 38 records.
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Species
jacanas
Jacanidae
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyJacanidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ANWC, NMV, SAMA
- Recorded in
- India, Burundi, Trinidad And Tobago, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, Indonesia, Pakistan, China
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The jacanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds or lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found in the tropical regions around the world. They are noted for their elongated toes and toenails that allow them to spread out their weight while foraging on floating or semi-emergent aquatic vegetation. They are also among the somewhat rare groups of birds in which females are larger, and several species maintain harems of males in the breeding season with males solely responsible for incubating eggs and taking care of the chicks.
==Taxonomy== The family Jacanidae was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalists Jean-Charles Chenu and Marc des Murs. They used the spelling "Jacaneinae". The modern spelling "Jacanidae" was used by Leonhard Stejneger in 1885.
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