Native land birds include two honeyeaters&colon; Cardinal honeyeater and Wattled honeyeater. The northern jacana's range meets that of the wattled jacana in western Panama. The dark colors are somewhat darker on the juvenile wattled jacana than on the northern. Wattled cranes inhabit fairly inaccessible wetlands under most conditions. The caves provide roosts to large colonies of wattled microbats, species "Chalinolobus morio". Wattled cranes have long bills and black legs and toes. Nile crocodiles, wattled cranes, and a few other animals are seen before the Forest Aviary. Wattled cranes commence their breeding season around April. The wattled ibis is common to abundant. The wattled crane is monotypic&colon; there are no recognised subspecies. In April 2018, a new population of Wattled Cranes was discovered in Angola. Some taxonomists retain the wattled crane within "Bugeranus". Wattled jacanas are known to pick ticks off capybaras. The wattled crane was formerly placed in its own genus "Bugeranus". Its closest relatives are the wattled brushturkey, Waigeo brushturkey, and malleefowl.