Jacanas

Family: JACANIDAE (Stejneger 1885) 

Jacanidae Family Summary

Eight species. Jacanas are closely related to painted-snipes and are commonly placed in a superfamily with them called Jacanoidea (Chenu & des Muirs, 1854 (1840)).

• Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis (Smith 1839)
• African Jacana Actophilornis africanus (Gmelin 1789)
• Madagascan Jacana A. albinucha (Saint-Hilaire 1832)
• Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck 1828)

∗ I. g. gallinacea (Temminck 1828)
∗ I. g. novaeguinae (Ramsay 1879) 
∗ I. g. novaehollandiae (Salvadori 1882)

• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus(Scopoli 1786)
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus (Latham 1790)
• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa (Linnaeus 1758)

∗ J. s. spinosa (Linnaeus 1758)
∗ J. s. gymnostoma (Wagler 1831)
∗ J. s. violacea (Cory 1881)

•  Wattled Jacana J. jacana (Linnaeus 1766)

∗ J. j. hypomelaena (Gray, G. 1846)
∗ J. j. melanopygia (Sclater, P.1857)
∗ J. j. intermedia (Sclater, P.1857)
∗ J. j. jacana (Linnaeus 1766)
∗ J. j. scapularis (Chapman 1922)
∗ J. j. peruviana (Zimmer 1930)

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