Northern Jacana

The northern jacana (Jacana spinosa) is a bird of the Jacanidae family — species of bird.

Across the 12 countries we cover it has 215,921 published records, most of them from Costa Rica, Mexico and Belize. It is recorded through much of the year, most often in January, February and March.

Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.