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Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)

Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Jacanidae
Stejneger, 1885
Species
The Jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone.

They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.

The females are larger than the males; the latter, as in some other wader families like the phalaropes take responsibility for incubation, and some species (notably the Northern Jacana) are polyandrous. However, adults of both sexes look identical, as with most shorebirds.

Food is insects and other invertebrates picked from the floating vegetation or the water’s surface.

Most species are sedentary, but the Pheasant-tailed Jacana migrates from the north of its range into peninsular India and southeast Asia.

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Irediparra
Mathews, 1911

Species: I. gallinacea

Binomial name
Irediparra gallinacea
(Temminck, 1828)

The Comb-crested Jacana
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867

Families

Scolopacidae
Rostratulidae
Jacanidae
Thinocoridae
Pedionomidae
Laridae
Rhynchopidae
Sternidae
Alcidae
Stercorariidae
Glareolidae
Dromadidae
Turnicidae
Burhinidae
Chionididae
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Leonhard Hess Stejneger (October 30, 1851 - February 28, 1943) was a zoologist.

Stejneger was born in Bergen, Norway, and studied law and philosophy at the University of Christiania. He earned a Ph.D. and started a brief career as a lawyer.
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Microparra
Cabanis, 1877

Species: M. capensis

Binomial name
Microparra capensis
(Smith, 1839)

The Lesser Jacana (
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A. africana

Binomial name
Actophilornis africana
(Gmelin, 1789)



The African Jacana (Actophilornis africana) is a jacana.
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A. albinucha

Binomial name
Actophilornis albinucha
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832)

The Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha) is a species of bird in the Jacanidae family.
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Irediparra
Mathews, 1911

Species: I. gallinacea

Binomial name
Irediparra gallinacea
(Temminck, 1828)

The Comb-crested Jacana
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Metopidius
Wagler, 1832

Species: M. indicus

Binomial name
Metopidius indicus
(Latham, 1790)


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J. spinosa

Binomial name
Jacana spinosa
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
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J. jacana

Binomial name
Jacana jacana
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
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Charadrii

Families
  • Ibidorhynchidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Charadriidae
Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading birds such as storks and herons), are members
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family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is a rank, or a taxon in that rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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Phalaropus
Brisson, 1760

Species

Red Phalarope, P. fulicaria
Red-necked Phalarope, P. lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope, P.
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Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders
Subclass Apterygota
* Archaeognatha (bristletails)
* Thysanura (silverfish)
Subclass Pterygota
* Infraclass Paleoptera (Probably paraphyletic)

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Invertebrate is an English word that describes any animal without a spinal column. The group includes 97% of all animal species — all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum Vertebrata (fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals).
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Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Migrations include movements of varied distances made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather.
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