Aves - Charadriiformes - Jacanidae
Alternative spelling: Jaccanidae
Parent taxon: Charadriiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2022 and Rasmussen et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Alcae, Alcoidae, Burhinidae, Charadrii, Chionidae, Cimolopterygidae, Dakotornithidae, Elseyornis, Erythrogonys, Graculavidae, Graculavus, Haematopodidae, Hydrophasianus, Lari, Limicolae, Panalcidae, Parrae, Pedionomae, Pedionomidae, Peltohyas, Phegornis, Pluvianellus, Pluvianidae, Recurvirostridae, Rhinoptilus, Sarjeantopodus, Scolopaci, Scolopacidae, Stercorariidae, Telmatornis, Telmatornithidae, Thinocoridae, Thinornis, Turnicidae, Volgavis
Subtaxa: Actophilornis Irediparra Jacana Janipes Metopidius Microparra Nupharanassa
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Bolivia (1), India (1), Papua New Guinea (1), Peru (1), South Africa (2), United States (1: Florida)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of Egypt (2)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences