African Jacana vs screw-pine

Actophilornis africanus compared with Pandanus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Jacana	screw-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Jacanidae	Pandanaceae
Genus	Actophilornis	Pandanus
Species	Actophilornis africanus	Pandanus spiralis

Conservation Status

African Jacana

LC — Least Concern

screw-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Jacana	screw-pine
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.

screw-pine

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.