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African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus · Family Jacanidae
Actophilornis africanus
Family Jacanidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Jacanidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 157,733
- Countries and territories with records
- 48
About this species
This species has 157,733 occurrence records from 48 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (42.6%), Kenya (9.1%), Botswana (7.6%), Uganda (6.4%) and Zimbabwe (4.7%); together they account for 70.4% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Actophilornis africanus combines the genus name Actophilornis with the species epithet africanus. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Actophilornis: Actophilornis albinucha.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 8 species of the family Jacanidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Jacana jacana. Its record count is close to the family average (141,258). The family Jacanidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.