Jacana (genus)
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Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana, and the wattled jacana.
Jaçanã
Rostratula Capensis Davies
Larus argentatus Gould
Northern jacana
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The northern jacana or northern jaçana is a wader which is known as a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. It is sometimes know
Jacana (genus)
…Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), and the wattled jacana (Jacana jacana). The genus Jacana was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with…
Northern Jacana Costa Rica
Showing the pale yellow-green wing feathers
Northern jacana foraging at Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Jacana spinosa - MHNT