Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Science Article 2 abstract Little is known about the biology of the Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), whereas the Northern Jacana (Jacana qinosa), has been studied in detail (Jenni 1974, Jenni and Collier 1972, Jenni et al. 1974). The Wattled Jacana inhabits fresh-water marshes from Panama and Colombia south to Bolivia, Argentina […]
Category: Jacanidae
Long-Winged Harrier Predation on Wattled Jacana Eggs
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) Science Article 1 abstract Long-winged Harriers (Circus buffoni) prey on small birds, mammals, and reptiles (ffrench, A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago, 1973:1131. Although they take eggs of various species of birds (Haverschmidt, The Birds of Surinam 1968:67), no records are available on the efficiencies and rates of […]
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Jacanidae | [latin] Jacana spinosa | [UK] Northern Jacana | [FR] Jacana du Mexique | [DE] Gelbstirn-Blatthuhnchen | [ES] Jacana Centroamericana | [NL] Jacana Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Jacana spinosa MA also Caribbean Jacana spinosa gymnostoma Mexico, Cozumel I. Jacana spinosa spinosa Belize […]
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Jacanidae | [latin] Jacana jacana | [UK] Wattled Jacana | [FR] Jacana noir | [DE] Rotstirn-Blatthuhnchen | [ES] Jacana Suramericana | [IT] Jacana dai barbigli | [NL] Leljacana Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Pedionomus jacana Jacana jacana Jacana jacana SA widespread Jacana jacana hypomelaena […]