Actophilornis

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

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

Taxonomy

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