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Comb-crested jacana

Irediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828)

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The comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) is a species in the family Jacanidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 75 g to 132.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
Photo: peterichman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the comb-crested jacana

Weight
75 g – 132.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
39 cm – 46 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the comb-crested jacana?

COMB-CRESTED JACANA · WINGSPAN 46 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 46 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the comb-crested jacana is about 27% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the comb-crested jacana live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The comb-crested jacana is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the comb-crested jacana?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter (though these names are sometimes used to describe Jacanidae as a whole), is the only species of jacana in the genus Irediparra. Like other jacana species, it is adapted to the floating vegetation of tropical freshwater wetlands.

From the Wikipedia article “Comb-crested jacana” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comb-crested_jacana&oldid=1380739038), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the comb-crested jacana endangered?

The comb-crested jacana is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the comb-crested jacana classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyJacanidae
  6. genusIrediparra
  7. SpeciesIrediparra gallinacea (Temminck, 1828)

Synonyms Hydralector cristatus, Hydralector gallinaceus, Irediparra gallinacea gallinacea, Irediparra gallinacea novaeguinae, Irediparra gallinacea novaeguineae, Irediparra gallinacea novaehollandiae, Jacana gallinacea, Parra cristata, Parra gallinacea

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • يقنة أستراليةArabic
  • يقنة ذات العرف المتوجArabic
  • jacana australiàCatalan
  • ostnák lotosovýCzech
  • jasana cribogWelsh
  • KambladhøneDanish
  • KammblatthühnchenGerman
  • kresta jakanoEsperanto
  • Jacana crestadaSpanish
  • kiiver-lootoselindEstonian
  • lootusjassanaFinnish
  • Jacana à crêteFrench
  • crvenočela jakanaCroatian
  • fésűsujjú levéljáróHungarian
  • Burung-sepatu jenggerIndonesian
  • Jacana crestataItalian
  • トサカレンカクJapanese
  • kuoduotoji žakanaLithuanian
  • Australische JacanaDutch
  • długoszpon koralowyPolish
  • jaçanã-de-cristaPortuguese
  • Гребенчатая яканаRussian
  • Шлемоносная яканаRussian
  • jakana lotosováSlovak
  • Jakana sa češljastom krestomSerbian
  • kamjaçanaSwedish
  • kamjassanaSwedish
  • İbikli JakanaTurkish
  • якана гребінчастаUkrainian
  • 冠水雉Chinese
  • 雞冠水雉Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the comb-crested jacana

Other species in the same family Jacanidae.

CompareComb-crested jacana vs Pheasant-tailed jacanaComb-crested jacana vs African jacanaComb-crested jacana vs Bronze-winged jacanaComb-crested jacana vs Wattled jacana

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the comb-crested jacana?

An adult comb-crested jacana weighs 75 g – 132.2 g and has a wingspan of 39 cm – 46 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the comb-crested jacana live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the comb-crested jacana for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the comb-crested jacana endangered?

The comb-crested jacana is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the comb-crested jacana?

The comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea) belongs to the family Jacanidae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{comb_crested_jacana_2026,
  title = {Comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/comb-crested-jacana},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}