Lesser jacana
| Lesser jacana | |
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| Botswana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Jacanidae |
| Genus: | Microparra Cabanis, 1877 |
| Species: | M. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Microparra capensis (Smith, 1839)
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The lesser jacana (Microparra capensis) is a species of bird in the family Jacanidae. It is monotypic within the genus Microparra.[2]
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.[1] Its primary habitats are coastal and inland wetlands and waterways.[3]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2012). "Microparra capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "ITIS Report: Microparra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ^ "Microparra capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
External links
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- Lesser jacana - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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