Fulica spinosa Linnaeus, 1758 Parra variabilis Linnaeus, 1766 Parra jacana Shaw, 1824 Parra cordifera Lesson, 1842
The northern jacana or northern jaçana (Jacana spinosa) is a wader which is known as a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It sometimes known to breed in Texas, United States, and has also been recorded on several occasions as a vagrant in Arizona. The jacanas are a group of wetland birds, which are identifiable by their huge feet and claws, which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. In Jamaica, this bird is also known as the 'Jesus bird', as it appears to walk on water.[3] Jacana is Linnæus' scientific Latin spelling of the Brazilian Portuguese jaçanã, pronounced [ʒasaˈnɐ̃], from the Tupi name of the bird. See jacana for pronunciations.
^BirdLife International (2020). "Jacana spinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22693550A168911151. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22693550A168911151.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
The northernjacana or northernjaçana (Jacana spinosa) is a wader which is known as a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba...
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...
The wattled jacana (Jacanajacana) is a wader in the family Jacanidae found throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama...
related or identical to green pigments in the feathers of the northernjacana (Jacana spinosa), the blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), and the crested...
males, who do most of the parental care work.[clarification needed] Northernjacanas practice simultaneous polyandry. The females will mate with the males...
comb-crested, lesser jacana, bronze-winged jacana, african jacana, and 2) pheasant-tailed jacana, wattled jacana, northernjacana. The lesser jacana can be found...
vegetation in the shallow lakes which are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa (R) Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa (A) Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa (A) Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northernjacana, Jacana spinosa (A) Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
Jacana railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Glenroy, and opened on 15...
Miravalles volcano in Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park. NorthernJacana at Palo Verde National Park. Poas crater at Poás Volcano National Park...
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