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 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
📅 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 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
About 31% of visitor-days record a Northern Jacana sighting in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park, based on 183 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Jacana in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Northern Jacana in Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park in our monthly data.