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title: "Wattled Jacana"
description: "Jacana jacana — Uccelli. The wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) is a wader in the family Jacanidae found throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama and Trinidad."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/wattled-jacana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wattled Jacana

> Jacana jacana — Uccelli. The wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) is a wader in the family Jacanidae found throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama and Trinidad.

- Scientific name: *Jacana jacana*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 14463
- Wikidata: [Q856201](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856201)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4580](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4580)

## Names

- en: Wattled Jacana
- de: Rotstirn-Blatthühnchen
- es: Jacana
- fr: Jacana noir
- nl: Leljacana
- pt: Jaçanã
- pl: Długoszpon krasnoczelny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (4443), AR (3730), CO (1473), PA (1129), BO (817), EC (609), PE (579), TT (273), GF (237), UY (214), GY (129), PY (115)

## Summary

The wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) is a wader in the family Jacanidae found throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama and Trinidad. It is the only species in the Jacanidae family with such a large distribution. Wattled jacanas have long toes and claws which help them walk through aquatic vegetation. Like the majority of species of jacanas, the female is larger than the male, and forms harems of up to 4 or 5 males at any given time. There is also a major difference in proportional development or ornamentation (facial crest and wing size) and defense (length of wing spur) relative…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattled_jacana

## Photo

![Wattled Jacana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wattled-jacana/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19404262

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wattled-jacana?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).