Lesser Jacana

Lesser Jacana
Near Howick, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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)

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.

Jacana is one Linnaeus' pseudo-Latin misspelling for the Brazilian Portuguese Jaçanã (from a Tupi name of the same bird) whose pronunciation is approximately [ža.sa.náN].^{[citation needed]}

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Microparra capensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

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