page_title: List of birds of the Gambia
section_title: Jacanas
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of the Gambia / Jacanas
caption_attribution_description: English: A male Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) at Hodal in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Gambia. The avifauna of the Gambia include a total of 576 species, one of which has been introduced by humans and two of which are globally threatened. The country, which is very small and almost completely surrounded by Senegal, has no endemic species.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. Not all species will fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Gambia
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Gambia as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
context_section_description: Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae
  African jacana, Actophilornis africanus
caption: The greater painted-snipe is largely crepuscular, or most active around dawn and dusk.
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