Microparra capensis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Charadriiformes
Subordo: Charadrii
Familia: Jacanidae
Genus: Microparra
Species: Microparra capensis

Name

Microparra capensis (A. Smith, 1839)

References

Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa pl.32,text

Vernacular names
English: Lesser Jacana
Suomi: Pikkujassana

The Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis) is a species of bird in the Jacanidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Microparra.

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 Linnæus' pseudo-Latin misspelling for the Brazilian Portuguese Jaçanã (from a Tupi name of the same bird) whose pronunciation is approximately [ža.sa.náN].

References

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