Jacana jacana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Genus
- Jacana
- Species
- Jacana jacana
- Scientific Name
- Jacana jacana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Wattled jacana
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.
...Jacana jacana in languages:
- Arabic
- يقنة مغببة
- Bokmål
- Rødflikbladhøne
- Czech
- ostnák jihoamerický
- Danish
- Jacana
- Dutch
- Leljacana
- English
- Wattled Jacana
- Finnish
- helttajassana
- French
- Jacana noir
- German
- Rotstirn-Blatthühnchen
- German
- Rotstirnblatthühnchen
- Hungarian
- jasszána
- Portuguese
- Jaçanã
- Russian
- Южноамериканская якана
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