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Definition of Jacana spinosa

Jacana spinosa
Jacana Jac"a*na`, n. [Cf. Sp. jacania.] (Zo["o]l.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird. Note: The most common South American species is Jacana spinosa. The East Indian or pheasant jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) is remarkable for having four very long, curved, middle tail feathers.

Meaning of Jacana spinosa from wikipedia

- The northern jacana or northern jaçana (Jacana spinosa) is a wader which is known as a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on...
- Jacana is the genus comprising the two jacanas of the Americas: the northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), and the wattled jacana (Jacana jacana). The genus...
- Jenni, Donald A.; Gerald Collier (1972). "Polyandry in the American Jaçana (Jacana spinosa)". The Auk. 89 (4): 743–765. doi:10.2307/4084107. JSTOR 4084107...
- and bandicoots, around 1% of all bird species,[citation needed] such as jacanas and dunnocks, insects such as honeybees, and fish such as pipefish. It...
- or identical to green pigments in the feathers of the northern jacana (Jacana spinosa), the blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), and the crested wood-partridge...
- lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa Wattled jacana, Jacana jacana (A) Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae...
- in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae is a...
- in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa (R) Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae is...
- lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa Wattled jacana, Jacana jacana Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae...
- in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. Northern jacana, Jacana spinosa (A) Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae Scolopacidae is...