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Common Name

Wattled Jacana

Alternate Names

Common Type

Jacana

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Jacanidae

Genus

Jacana

Species

jacana

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Argentina, Captive Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

Six Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident or migratory over long distances.

Preferred Habitat

Shallow lakes with floating vegetation.

Distribution and Range

Westeern Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes

Food

Feed on insects and other invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or the surface of the water.

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Bird

Wattled Jacana

Jacana

Charadriiformes

Jacanidae

Jacana

jacana

Least Concern

Argentina, Captive Photographed

Six Sub Species

Resident or migratory over long distances.

Shallow lakes with floating vegetation.

Westeern Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes

Feed on insects and other invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or the surface of the water.

Captive Photographed

Females lay multiple clutches of eggs that are raised by different males in their harem.