Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae (Jacanas)  
Genus: Jacana (2 species)


Wattled Jacana
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Range: SA: wc Panama to n Argentina
 
   
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Wattled Jacana
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Immature
Range: SA: wc Panama to n Argentina
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common in wetlands in its range.

Northern Jacana
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
Range: MA: inland s Sinaloa and c Tamaulipas (n Mexico; rarely s Texas, where formerly bred) to w Panama and including Cozumel (Mexico); and Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola
Tortugero, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Hans Hillewaert     Copyright and usage info



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