African Jacana

Mystery Bird: African Jacana, Actophilornis africanus

grrlscientist | January 7, 2009

tags: African Jacana, Actophilornis africanus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] African Jacana, Actophilornis africanus, endemic to marshes and reedbeds across eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image:GrrlScientist, 2 September 2008 [larger view]. Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: The jacanas are a small group of strange rail-like shorebirds of tropical marshes. Though the different species are…

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