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 Palo Verde National Park
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Yellow-billed Tern
Sternula superciliaris
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
📅 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 Palo Verde National Park?
About 64% of visitor-days record a Northern Jacana sighting in Palo Verde National Park, based on 768 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Jacana in Palo Verde National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Northern Jacana in Palo Verde National Park in our monthly data.