African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyJacanidae (Jacanas)
- GenusActophilornis (African and Madagascar Jacanas)
- SpeciesActophilornis africanus (African Jacana)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
African Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus moquini
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
📅 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 African Jacana in Garden Route National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a African Jacana sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 10 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Jacana in Garden Route National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for African Jacana in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.