Jacana (genus)
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Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), and the wattled jacana (Jacana jacana).[1]
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Jacana | |
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Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Jacanidae |
Genus: | Jacana Brisson, 1760 |
Type species | |
Parra jacana Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Species | |
Synonyms | |
Parra Linnaeus, 1766 |
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