Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Jacanidae
- Genus
- Jacana
- eBird Code
- watjac1
Vocalizations
Eduardo Luis Beltrocco · CC_BY_4_0
Geografiaargentina · CC_BY_4_0
Eduardo Luis Beltrocco · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (6)
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Jacana jacana hypomelaena
west-central Panama to northern Colombia
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Jacana jacana intermedia
eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, northern and central Venezuela, and Trinidad
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Jacana jacana jacana
southeastern Colombia eastward to the Guianas and southward to northern Argentina
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Jacana jacana melanopygia
western Colombia to western Venezuela
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Jacana jacana peruviana
northeastern Peru (lower Río Ucayalí) and adjacent northwestern Brazil
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Jacana jacana scapularis
lowlands of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.