Species Actophilornis africanus (Gmelin, 1789) (African jacana)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Charadriiformes
  • ---- family: Jacanidae
  • ----- species: Actophilornis africanus
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 28 cm; red-brown body; white thoat; yellow breast; black neck; blue bill and forehead
Countries:

ET
Ethiopia
GH
Ghana
GM
Gambia
KE
Kenya
LR
Liberia
MZ
Mozambique
SN
Senegal
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
UG
Uganda
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0101
Albertine Rift montane forests
AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0111
Eastern Guinean forests
AT0112
Ethiopian montane forests
AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0125
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0707
Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0713
Sahelian Acacia savanna
AT0714
Serengeti volcanic grasslands
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0717
Southern Africa bushveld
AT0721
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1004
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
AT1005
East African montane moorlands
AT1008
Ethiopian montane moorlands
AT1013
Rwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands
AT1403
Guinean mangroves
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 102
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