Species profile
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Quick answer
R
- Scientific name
- Jacana jacana
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Jacana
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Wattled 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)
- Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha)
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)