Wattled Jacana / Jacana jacana
Wattled Jacana
SCI Name:
Protonym: Parra Jacana Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.259
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Jacanidae / Jacana
Taxonomy Code: watjac1
Type Locality: South America, Surinam accepted as type locaUty by Berlepsch, Nov. Zool., 15, 1908, p. 304.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1766
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
JACANA
(Jacanidae; Ϯ Wattled Jaçana J. jacana) Portuguese name Jaçana for the Wattled Jaçana < Tupí name Yassānā or Yahānā very alert bird or very noisy bird, for a gallinule or some other waterbird; "Jacana. Genus 71. ... Genus Jacanæ. Hujus character est Digiti quatuor, membranis destituti; tres scilicet antici, posticus unus: Crura in parte inferiore plumis denudata: Rostrum rectum, in apice crassius: Unguiculi longissimi. ... 1. LE JACANA. ... JACANA. ... Il est de la grosseur d'un Pigeon; mais il a le col & les pieds beaucoup plus longs" (Brisson 1760): based on "Jacana" of Marcgrave 1648, Jonston 1650-1653, Piso 1658, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713; "Jacana Brisson, Orn., 1, p. 48, 5, p. 121, 1760—type, by tautonymy, "Jacana" Brisson = Parra Jacana Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover, 1948, XIII, 1).
Synon. Asarcia, Parra.
● (syn. Jacana Ϯ Wattled Jaçana J. jacana) "2. Sous-famille. RALLIA. Les Ralliens. Bec droit allongé. G. 9. Jacana R. Parra L. 10. Scolopax L. 11. Rallus L. 12. Porphyrio Bris." (Rafinesque 1815) (see Parra).
jacana
Portuguese name Jaçana for the Wattled Jaçana < Tupí name Yassānā or Yahānā very alert bird or very noisy bird, for a gallinule or some other waterbird (cf. Güaraní name Jahâná for a moorhen); ex “Jacana quarta species” of Marcgrave 1648, “Chirurgien brun” of Brisson 1760, and “Spur-winged Water-hen of Brazil” of Edwards 1764 (Jacana).
JACANA
(Jacanidae; Ϯ Wattled Jaçana J. jacana) Portuguese name Jaçana for the Wattled Jaçana < Tupí name Yassānā or Yahānā very alert bird or very noisy bird, for a gallinule or some other waterbird; "Jacana. Genus 71. ... Genus Jacanæ. Hujus character est Digiti quatuor, membranis destituti; tres scilicet antici, posticus unus: Crura in parte inferiore plumis denudata: Rostrum rectum, in apice crassius: Unguiculi longissimi. ... 1. LE JACANA. ... JACANA. ... Il est de la grosseur d'un Pigeon; mais il a le col & les pieds beaucoup plus longs" (Brisson 1760): based on "Jacana" of Marcgrave 1648, Jonston 1650-1653, Piso 1658, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713; "Jacana Brisson, Orn., 1, p. 48, 5, p. 121, 1760—type, by tautonymy, "Jacana" Brisson = Parra Jacana Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover, 1948, XIII, 1).
Synon. Asarcia, Parra.
● (syn. Jacana Ϯ Wattled Jaçana J. jacana) "2. Sous-famille. RALLIA. Les Ralliens. Bec droit allongé. G. 9. Jacana R. Parra L. 10. Scolopax L. 11. Rallus L. 12. Porphyrio Bris." (Rafinesque 1815) (see Parra).
jacana
Portuguese name Jaçana for the Wattled Jaçana < Tupí name Yassānā or Yahānā very alert bird or very noisy bird, for a gallinule or some other waterbird (cf. Güaraní name Jahâná for a moorhen); ex “Jacana quarta species” of Marcgrave 1648, “Chirurgien brun” of Brisson 1760, and “Spur-winged Water-hen of Brazil” of Edwards 1764 (Jacana).
SUBSPECIES
Wattled Jacana (Black-backed)
SCI Name: Jacana jacana hypomelaena
hypomelaena
Gr. ὑπομελας hupomelas, ὑπομελαινα hupomelaina blackish < μελας melas, μελαινα melaina black.
● ex “Chirurgien noir” of Brisson 1760, and “Black Jacana” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Jacana spinosa).
Wattled Jacana (Chestnut-backed)
SCI Name: Jacana jacana [jacana Group]
JACANA
(Jacanidae; Ϯ Wattled Jaçana J. jacana) Portuguese name Jaçana for the Wattled Jaçana < Tupí name Yassānā or Yahānā very alert bird or very noisy bird, for a gallinule or some other waterbird; "Jacana. Genus 71. ... Genus Jacanæ. Hujus character est Digiti quatuor, membranis destituti; tres scilicet antici, posticus unus: Crura in parte inferiore plumis denudata: Rostrum rectum, in apice crassius: Unguiculi longissimi. ... 1. LE JACANA. ... JACANA. ... Il est de la grosseur d'un Pigeon; mais il a le col & les pieds beaucoup plus longs" (Brisson 1760): based on "Jacana" of Marcgrave 1648, Jonston 1650-1653, Piso 1658, Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713; "Jacana Brisson, Orn., 1, p. 48, 5, p. 121, 1760—type, by tautonymy, "Jacana" Brisson = Parra Jacana Linnaeus." (Hellmayr & Conover, 1948, XIII, 1).
Synon. Asarcia, Parra.
● (syn. Jacana Ϯ Wattled Jaçana J. jacana) "2. Sous-famille. RALLIA. Les Ralliens. Bec droit allongé. G. 9. Jacana R. Parra L. 10. Scolopax L. 11. Rallus L. 12. Porphyrio Bris." (Rafinesque 1815) (see Parra).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)