Species profile
Madagascar Jacana
Actophilornis albinucha
Quick answer
Lakes, ponds and marshes of Madagascar
- Scientific name
- Actophilornis albinucha
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Actophilornis
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Madagascar 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
- African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
- Jacana farrandi (Jacana farrandi)
- Janipes nymphaeobates (Janipes nymphaeobates)
- Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis)
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Northern x Wattled Jacana (hybrid) (Jacana spinosa x jacana)