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 Henri Pittier National Park
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Large-billed Tern
Phaetusa simplex
Black Skimmer
Rynchops niger
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
📅 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 Henri Pittier National Park?
About 5% of visitor-days record a Wattled Jacana sighting in Henri Pittier National Park, based on 19 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Jacana in Henri Pittier National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Jacana in Henri Pittier National Park in our monthly data.