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African Jacana

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Jacanas

Jacanidae

Actophilornis

africanus

1372

Least concern

30cm

White underparts of imm.

High often descending yelping “wetwetwetwet-wetwet-wet-wet–” or mid-high “weh-weh-weh-weh–”.

Swamps, lakes, ponds, slow streams with floating vegetation.

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of the African Jacana

African Jacana

10/06/2011 11:00:00

African Jacana

22/08/2010 16:29:00

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