Bird families · Charadriiformes

Jacanas

Jacanidae · 8 species

Jacanas (Jacanidae) is a family of 8 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in wetland habitats. The smallest is the Lesser Jacana and the largest the Madagascar Jacana.

• African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
• Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
• Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
• Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
• Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana