In the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar (Myers et al. 2000), freshwater wetlands are considered a highly threatened habitat owing to land-use changes, specifically conversion to rice paddies (Benstead et al. 2003; Kull 2012; Bamford et al. 2017). It is predicted that the severe degradation of Madagascar's wetlands will have a catastrophic impact on biodiversity within these ecosystems, and currently there are few areas offering protection for wetland biodiversity (Bamford et al. 2017). As highlighted by the most-thorough assessment of the freshwater biodiversity of Madagascar to date, 43% of the species inhabiting this ecosystem are currently considered threatened (Máiz-Tomé et al. 2018). The Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha is one of 22 wetland bird species endemic to Madagascar Introduction
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