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Jacanidae
Taxonomy
Jacanidae was named by Stejneger (1885). It is extant.
It was corrected as Jaccanidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Parrae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Scolopaci by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
It was corrected as Jaccanidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Parrae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Charadriiformes by Rasmussen et al. (1987), Carroll (1988) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Scolopaci by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1885 | Jacanidae Stejneger |
| 1987 | Jacanidae Rasmussen et al. p. 7 |
| 1988 | Jaccanidae Carroll |
| 2007 | Jaccanidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92 |
| 2014 | Jacanidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Jacanidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Jacanidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2 |
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Fm. Jacanidae Stejneger 1885
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G. Jacana Brisson 1760
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†Jacana farrandi Olson 1976
Jacana jacana Linnaeus 1766 [Wattled jacana]
Jacana spinosa Linnaeus 1758 [Northern jacana]
G. †Nupharanassa Rasmussen et al. 1987
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†Nupharanassa bulotorum Rasmussen et al. 1987
†Nupharanassa tolutaria Rasmussen et al. 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available