Sykes's nightjar

Sykes's nightjar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species: C. mahrattensis
Binomial name
Caprimulgus mahrattensis
Sykes, 1832

Sykes's nightjar or the Sindh nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis) is a nightjar species found in South Asia.

The name commemorates Colonel William Henry Sykes, who served with the British military in India.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Caprimulgus mahrattensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 332–333.


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