Blackish nightjar

Blackish nightjar
A blackish nightjar at Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species: C. nigrescens
Binomial name
Caprimulgus nigrescens
Cabanis, 1848

The blackish nightjar (Caprimulgus nigrescens) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family. This relatively small dark nightjar is found in the Guianas and the Amazon. It is rare or even absent in the western part, but is among the commonest nightjars in the eastern Amazon and the Guianas.

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