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 Lago de Yojoa
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
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 Lago de Yojoa?
About 65% of visitor-days record a Northern Jacana sighting in Lago de Yojoa, based on 389 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Jacana in Lago de Yojoa?
March has the highest sighting rate for Northern Jacana in Lago de Yojoa in our monthly data.