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 Darién National Park
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
📅 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 Wattled Jacana in Darién National Park?
About 23% of visitor-days record a Wattled Jacana sighting in Darién National Park, based on 668 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Jacana in Darién National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Jacana in Darién National Park in our monthly data.