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 Nyungwe National Park
Long-toed Lapwing
Vanellus crassirostris
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
📅 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 Nyungwe National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a African Jacana sighting in Nyungwe National Park, based on 21 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see African Jacana in Nyungwe National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for African Jacana in Nyungwe National Park in our monthly data.