Band-tailed nighthawk

Band-tailed nighthawk
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Nyctiprogne
Species: N. leucopyga
Binomial name
Nyctiprogne leucopyga
(Spix, 1825)

The band-tailed nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, and swamps.

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