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 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
Least Tern
Sternula antillarum
📅 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 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park?
About 25% of visitor-days record a Northern Jacana sighting in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, based on 388 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Jacana in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Northern Jacana in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park in our monthly data.