Jacanas

Northern Jacana

Jacana spinosa

The Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa) is a 94 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Jacanas

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

94 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in Costa Rica, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, United States, El Salvador, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Rep..

Where to see it: Etang Laborde (Haiti); Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (Belize); Refugio mixto Caño Negro (Costa Rica); Los Guatuzos Centro Ecológico y Río Papaturro (Nicaragua); Desembocadura del Río Cangrejal (Honduras).

Photo: (c) Ricard Busquets Reverte, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist