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 LC    Northern Jacana* Id (Atlas):
    Jacana spinosa

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Northern Jacana, American Jacana, Middle American Jacana

Family
Jacanidae (Jacanas)

Size
24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Range (Guide)
Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica (B), Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA (B).

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (59)...)

 
Northern Jacana (Jacana) [XC264958]
     by Manuel Grosselet from Minatitlan, refineria de SAnta Alejandrina, Veracruz, Mexico (flight call)

 
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa) [XC495594]
     by Evan Buck from Palo Grande, Alanje, Provincia de Chiriqu\u00ed, Panama (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana), and considered conspecific by some authors, but evidence not convincing. Accepted subspecies differ mainly in size, and may represent ecotypes rather than genuine subspecies.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • gymnostoma (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Mexico, from south-central Sinaloa and central Tamaulipas south to Chiapas, Yucatán and Cozumel I; rarely south-eastern Texas (USA).
  • spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Belize and Guatemala south to western Panama.
  • violacea (Cory, 1881)   -  Cuba, I of Pines, Jamaica and Hispaniola.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa) - 10 files


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