Species profile
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Quick answer
MUSEUM MATERIAL. — ISFC 019, 020; MCCI 3353 to 3355, 3451; MCSI SF 31; MGPT-MPOC 314; SMF 13427.
- Scientific name
- Actophilornis africanus
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Actophilornis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording African Jacana in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Jacanidae
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
- Jacana farrandi (Jacana farrandi)
- Janipes nymphaeobates (Janipes nymphaeobates)
- Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis)
- Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha)
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Northern x Wattled Jacana (hybrid) (Jacana spinosa x jacana)