Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Charadriiformes > Jacanidae > Irediparra > Irediparra gallinacea

Irediparra gallinacea (Comb-crested Jacana)

Synonyms: Irediparra gallinacea novaeguineae; Parra gallinacea

Wikipedia Abstract

The comb-crested jacana (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the lotusbird or lilytrotter, 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Irediparra gallinacea

Infraspecies

Irediparra gallinacea gallinacea
Irediparra gallinacea novaeguinae
Irediparra gallinacea novaehollandiae

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
12
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
39
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 24.915
EDGE Score: 3.25482
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  104 grams
Female Weight [3]  130 grams
Male Weight [3]  75 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  73.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  50 %
Forages - Water Surface [2]  50 %
Clutch Size [5]  4
Incubation [4]  28 days
Mating System [6]  Polyandry
Wing Span [4]  17 inches (.42 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu No
Philippines Philippines No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Grus rubicunda (Brolga)1
Nettapus pulchellus (Green Pygmy Goose)1
Oriolus flavocinctus (Green Oriole)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Rallicola irediparrae[8]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Johnsgard, PA 1981. The Plovers, Sandpipers, and Snipes of the World. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 7Dostine, P. L., & Morton, S. R. (2000). Seasonal abundance and diet of the comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea in the tropical Northern Territory. Emu-Austral Ornithology, 100(4), 299-311.
♦ 8Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0