Madagascar jacana

Species of bird

Madagascar jacana

Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Charadriiformes
Family:  | Jacanidae
Genus:  | Actophilornis
Species:  |

A. albinucha

Binomial name
Actophilornis albinucha

(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1832)

The Madagascar jacana (Actophilornis albinucha) is a species of bird in the family Jacanidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

It is not wary of human activity, but it is hypothesized to be avoidant of the common moorhen. It inhabits different sites within Madagascar during wet versus dry season. Female Madagascar jacanas are significantly larger than males.[2]

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Actophilornis albinucha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22693532A173128661. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22693532A173128661.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ Jackson, Josephine D’Urban; Zefania, Sama; Moehy, Sebastien; Bamford, Andrew J; Bruford, Michael W; Székely, Tamás (2019-12-09). "Ecology, conservation, and phylogenetic position of the Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha". Ostrich. 90 (4): 315–326\. Bibcode:2019Ostri..90..315J. doi:10.2989/00306525.2019.1662508. ISSN 0030-6525.

Taxon identifiers

Actophilornis albinucha|

* Wikidata: Q1069981
* Wikispecies: Actophilornis albinucha
* ADW: Actophilornis_albinucha
* Avibase: 640D2B031FB001F1
* BirdLife: 22693532
* BOW: madjac1
* CoL: 9V64
* eBird: madjac1
* GBIF: 2481852
* iNaturalist: 4584
* IRMNG: 10976328
* ITIS: 176455
* IUCN: 22693532
* NCBI: 2944901
* Observation.org: 72938
* Open Tree of Life: 3597017
* Xeno-canto: Actophilornis-albinucha

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