Charadriiformes / Jacanidae / Jacana

Wattled Jacana

Jacana jacana

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Jacana jacana hypomelaena

west-central Panama to northern Colombia
Jacana jacana intermedia

eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, northern and central Venezuela, and Trinidad
Jacana jacana jacana

southeastern Colombia eastward to the Guianas and southward to northern Argentina
Jacana jacana melanopygia

western Colombia to western Venezuela
Jacana jacana peruviana

northeastern Peru (lower Río Ucayalí) and adjacent northwestern Brazil
Jacana jacana scapularis

lowlands of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.