Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), and the wattled jacana (Jacana jacana). The genus...
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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...
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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...
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Jacana may refer to: Jacanidae (or jacanas), a tropical bird family Jacana (genus), endemic to the Americas Jácana tree (Pouteria multiflora), endemic...
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The pheasant-tailed jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Like all other jacanas, they have elongated toes...
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African jacana is now placed in the genus Actophilornis that was introduced in 1925 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser. The genus name combines...
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bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia and is the sole species in the genus Metopidius...
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describe Jacanidae as a whole), is the only species of jacana in the genus Irediparra. Like other jacana species, it is adapted to the floating vegetation...
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Jacanidae (redirect from Jacana (family))
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...
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comb-crested jacana Genus Jacana Genus Metopidius - bronze-winged jacana Genus Microparra - lesser jacana Family Laridae - gulls, terns, and skimmers Genus Anous...
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Actophilornis is a genus of jacana. It contains two species restricted to Africa and its surrounding islands. The genus Actophilornis was introduced in...
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The Madagascar jacana (Actophilornis albinucha) is a species of bird in the family Jacanidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. It is not wary of human activity...
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comb-crested, lesser jacana, bronze-winged jacana, african jacana, and 2) pheasant-tailed jacana, wattled jacana, northern jacana. The lesser jacana can be found...
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The genus now contains five species:. "Musophagidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27. Education, Jacana (2004)...
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Curlew (redirect from Numenius (genus))
The curlews (/ˈkɜːrljuː/) are a group of nine species of birds in the genus Numenius, characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled...
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Pouteria multiflora (redirect from Jacana (Tree))
common name is bullytree. Its Spanish common names include jácana, ácana, acana, hacana, or jacana. It is native to North and South America. The plant is...
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eyes The African wattle-eye or puffback flycatcher The wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) Many male pheasants...
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thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, painted-snipes, jacanas, Plains-wanderer, seedsnipes". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International...
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Kittiwake (redirect from Rissa (genus))
The kittiwakes (genus Rissa) are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and the...
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Little auk (redirect from Alle (genus))
dovekie (North America) Alle alle is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. Alle is the Sami name of the long-tailed duck; it is onomatopoeic...
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the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is called Vitória-Régia or Iaupê-Jaçanã ("the lilytrotter's waterlily") in Brazil and Atun Sisac ("great flower")...
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Retrieved 29 May 2008. Carnaby, Trevor (2006). Beat about the Bush: Mammals. Jacana Media. ISBN 978-1-77009-240-2. Geyken, Alexander. "Hamster". Etymologisches...
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eds. (2019). "Grebes, flamingos, buttonquail, plovers, painted-snipes, jacanas, plains-wanderer, seedsnipes". World Bird List Version 9.2. International...
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mammal groups, the marsupial genus' Antechinus and bandicoots, around 1% of all bird species,[citation needed] such as jacanas and dunnocks, insects such...
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the same genus as the living species. The ancient habitat was likely a thickly vegetated freshwater swamp, with this species and a fossil jacana, as well...
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McCleland (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana Media. p. 530. ISBN 978-1-919777-30-6. Jasminum @ EFloras.org. Panda, H...
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uncertain; it has been suggested that the plains wanderer of Australia, the jacanas and the painted snipes are their closest relatives. The plains wanderer...
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perches on floating vegetation, making them appear somewhat like a giant jacana, although the similarly sized and occasionally sympatric Goliath heron (Ardea...
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2013. Carnaby, Trevor (22 January 2007). Beat About the Bush: Mammals. Jacana Media. ISBN 978-1-77009-240-2. Retrieved 19 July 2013. Brehm, Alfred Edmund...
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thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, painted-snipes, jacanas, Plains-wanderer, seedsnipes". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International...
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