Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyJacanidae (Jacanas)
- GenusJacana (New World Jacanas)
- SpeciesJacana spinosa (Northern Jacana)
Closest Relatives at Braulio Carrillo National Park
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Jacana in Braulio Carrillo National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Northern Jacana sighting in Braulio Carrillo National Park, based on 451 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Jacana in Braulio Carrillo National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Northern Jacana in Braulio Carrillo National Park in our monthly data.