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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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African Jacana* |
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Actophilornis africanus |
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Description (10)
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African Jacana
© John A Thompson
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Other Names (World)
African Jacana, Greater African Jacana, Lily-trotter
Family
Jacanidae (Jacanas)
Size
31 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Wetlands throughout sub-Saharan Africa; largely absent from forest belts and arid zones.
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Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)
African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) [XC858395]
by Derek Solomon from Jabi Lake, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria (flight call, song)
African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) [XC299927]
by Peter Boesman from Lake Awassa, Ethiopia (call)
Nest
A simple, partly submerged pad of aquatic vegetation, or on small floating rafts of vegetation.
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Jacana see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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