Actophilornis

Actophilornis
	African jacana, Actophilornis africanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Jacanidae
Genus:	Actophilornis; Oberholser, 1925
Type species
	Parra africana (African jacana); Gmelin, JF, 1789

Actophilornis is a genus of jacana. It contains two species restricted to Africa and its surrounding islands.

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus Actophilornis was introduced in 1925 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser with the African jacana as the type species. Actophilornis was a replacement name for Actophilus which was pre-occupied.^[1]^[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek aktē meaning "river bank" or "coastal strand", -philos meaning "-loving" and ornis meaning "bird".^[3]

The genus contains two species:^[4]

African jacana, Actophilornis africanus
Madagascar jacana, Actophilornis albinucha

References[edit]

^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1925). "A new name for the genus Actophilus Oberholser". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 38: 90.
^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 226.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Buttonquail, thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, painted-snipes, jacanas, Plains-wanderer, seedsnipes". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[1] Oberholser, Harry C. (1925). "A new name for the genus Actophilus Oberholser". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 38: 90.

[2] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 226.

[3] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2022). "Buttonquail, thick-knees, sheathbills, plovers, oystercatchers, stilts, painted-snipes, jacanas, Plains-wanderer, seedsnipes". IOC World Bird List Version 12.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

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