Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Grootlangtoon |
Catalan | jacana africana |
Czech | ostnák africký |
Dutch | Lelieloper |
English | African Jacana |
English (United States) | African Jacana |
Finnish | afrikanjassana |
French | Jacana à poitrine dorée |
French (France) | Jacana à poitrine dorée |
German | Blaustirn-Blatthühnchen |
Greek | Αφρικανική Γιακάνα |
Icelandic | Liljujóki |
Japanese | アフリカレンカク |
Norwegian | afrikabladhøne |
Polish | długoszpon afrykański |
Portuguese (Angola) | Jacana-africana |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Jaçaná |
Russian | Африканская якана |
Serbian | Afrička jakana |
Slovak | jakana modročelá |
Slovenian | Afriška jakana |
Spanish | Jacana Africana |
Spanish (Spain) | Jacana africana |
Swedish | afrikansk jaçana |
Turkish | Afrika Jakanası |
Ukrainian | Якана африканська |
Actophilornis africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Parra africana
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.709.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa, restricted to Ethiopia by Grant, Ibis, 1915, p. 59.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ACTOPHILORNIS
- africanus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Scientific name definitions
Donald A. Jenni and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 24, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 24, 2016
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Authors
Donald A. Jenni and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Jenni, D. A. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afrjac1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 24, 2016
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Authors
Donald A. Jenni and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Jenni, D. A. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.