Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Subspecies (3)
Donald A. Jenni and Terrence R. Mace
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | jacana del Carib |
| Czech | ostnák trnitý |
| Dutch | Jacana |
| English | Northern Jacana |
| English (United States) | Northern Jacana |
| French | Jacana du Mexique |
| French (France) | Jacana du Mexique |
| German | Gelbstirn-Blatthühnchen |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Doktè |
| Icelandic | Þyrnijóki |
| Japanese | アメリカレンカク |
| Norwegian | gulpannebladhøne |
| Polish | długoszpon żółtoczelny |
| Russian | Желтолобая якана |
| Serbian | Severna jakana |
| Slovak | jakana ostnatá |
| Spanish | Jacana Centroamericana |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Jacana Centroamericana |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallito de río |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Gallito de Agua |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Jacana Espinosa |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Jacana Norteña |
| Spanish (Panama) | Jacana Norteña |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Jacana Centroamericana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Jacana centroamericana |
| Swedish | centralamerikansk jaçana |
| Turkish | Sarı Alınlı Jakana |
| Ukrainian | Якана жовтолоба |
Jacana spinosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fulica spinosa
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.152.
TYPE LOCALITY:
South America ex Edwards, Nat. Hist. Bds., p. 48, pi. 48. ' I was told it was brought from Carthagena. ...' Error = Panama, substituted as type locaUty by Todd, antea, p. 219.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- JACANA
- jacana
- spinosa / spinosus
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
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Distribution of the Northern Jacana
