Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyJacanidae (Jacanas)
- GenusJacana (New World Jacanas)
- SpeciesJacana jacana (Wattled Jacana)
Closest Relatives at Bastimentos Island National Marine Park
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Cabot's Tern
Thalasseus acuflavidus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Wattled Jacana at Bastimentos Island National Marine Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there