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What (who) is lesser jacana - definition

SPECIES OF BIRD
Microparra capensis; Microparra; Lesser Jaçana; Lesser Jacana

Jacana         
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Jaçana; Jacanas; Jaçanas; Jaçanã; Gicana; Jacana (disambiguation)
·noun Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird.
jacana         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Jaçana; Jacanas; Jaçanas; Jaçanã; Gicana; Jacana (disambiguation)
['d?ak?n?]
(also jacana ?d?as?'n?:)
¦ noun a small tropical wading bird with greatly elongated toes and claws that enable it to walk on floating vegetation. [Family Jacanidae: several species.]
Origin
C18: from Port. jacana, from Tupi-Guarani jasana.
Stephen A. Lesser         
AMERICAN ARCHITECT
Steve Lesser; Stephen A Lesser
Stephen Alexander Lesser (born July 15, 1944) is an American architect, in practice in East Hampton, New York, specializing in modern residential and commercial buildings in the school of Le Corbusier. He is perhaps best known for his work on Faneuil Hall Marketplace project in downtown Boston, MA.

Wikipedia

Lesser jacana

The lesser jacana (Microparra capensis) is a species of bird in the family Jacanidae. It is monotypic within the genus Microparra.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its primary habitats are coastal and inland wetlands and waterways.