Jacanas aka Lotus Birds, Lily Trotters or Jesus Birds
Jacana Photo Gallery
The Jacanas are long-legged marsh birds belonging to the group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae.
The Jacanas by the way are called "Little Leaf Chickens" in German. Just a suggestion in case the poll doesn't lead to a clear result.
Jah-KA-nah is how I pronounce it too. I suppose there's always ‘lilytrotter'.
African Jacana {Actophilornis africana}
You are here: South Africa / South Africa Wildlife / South Africa Birdlife / African Jacana
Submenu - Information ...
African Jacana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search ...
African Jacana
Actophilornis africana
Also Called: Lily walker or Lily-trotter ...
The African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) is a member of the rail family. Like jacanas elsewhere, this species has extremely long toes, allowing it to walk lightly across floating vegetation as the individual here is demonstration.
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
The Northern Jacana is distributed in Central America and the West Indies. It is found on marshes, swamps and lakes with emergent vegetation where it feeds on insects and small fish.
Northern jacana Jacana spinosa
Identification Tips:
Length: 7 inches
Large shorebird
Fairly short, yellow bill and frontal shield
Long toes
Pale green flight feathers
Rare in south Texas ...
Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
Described by: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. (1832)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Metopidius albinuchus, Jacana albinucha ...
Bronze-winged Jacana
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Charadriiformes Family: Jacanidae
Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a widespread resident in India. Size: 28-30 cm ...
Comb-crested Jacana - profile
Scientific name: Irediparra gallinacea
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
Description ...
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus - Adult in breeding plumage
Photographer :
Location : ...
Jacana, Wattled Jacana jacana Found: South America
Photographed by: Michael Fritzen
Order Charadriiformes Suborder Chionidi Family Chionididae - 1 genus
Genus Chionis ...
Family Jacanidae (jacanas)
Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
Family Pedionomidae (plains-wanderer) ...
Closely related to this bird is another first described by Linnaeus as a species of Parra (see Jacana), to which group it certainly does not belong, but separated therefrom by Illiger to form the genus Chauna, and now known as C.
Several Comb-crested Jacana (right) walked among pink flowering water lilies.
The American jaçana (10 in./25 cm long), Jacana spinosa, is cinnamon red with striking yellow-green wing patches. The female jaçana is slightly larger than the male, but has similar coloration.
We also saw many birds on this cruise, including some pretty good ones. This large-footed fellow is Irediparra gallinacea (Comb-crested Jacana or Lily Trotter).
water lilies, grass seeds, water hyacinth, and where available cultivated rice seeds. In addition, they eat insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, water bugs, bees, and wasps as well as worms, mollusks, spiders, frogs, and eggs of herons and jacanas.
 See also: Pheasant, Stork, Plover, Eagle, Sparrow
|
