Lesser Jacana
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| Lesser Jacana | |
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| Near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Jacanidae |
| Genus: | Microparra Cabanis, 1877 |
| Species: | M. capensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Microparra capensis (Smith, 1839) |
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The Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis) is a species of bird in the Jacanidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Microparra.[citation needed]
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
For the origin and pronunciation of the name, see Jacana.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Microparra capensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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