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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
📅 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 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Wattled Jacana sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 67 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wattled Jacana in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?
October has the highest sighting rate for Wattled Jacana in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.