African Jacana vs false pepperwort

Actophilornis africanus compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Jacana	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Aves (Birds)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Jacanidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Actophilornis	Marsilea
Species	Actophilornis africanus	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

African Jacana

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Jacana	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Jacana

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United Arab Emirates.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

African Jacana

The African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) is a species in the genus Actophilornis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.