Band-winged nightjar

Band-winged nightjar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Systellura
Species: S. longirostris
Binomial name
Systellura longirostris
Bonaparte, 1825

The band-winged nightjar (Systellura longirostris) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family, monotypic in the genus Systellura. It is widespread in South America, where found in the Andes, Venezuelan Coastal Range, Santa Marta Mountains, Tepuis, most of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and eastern Brazil. It occurs in a wide range of habitats, from the edge of humid montane forest to shrubby semi-deserts (e.g. in south-eastern Brazil, it may even roost on roofs in major cities), but it strictly avoids tropical humid lowland forests such as the Amazon.

Over its large range, there are significant variations in its morphology, but, as suggested by its common name, it always has a distinctive band in the wing (best visible in flight), which is white in the male, buff in the female. Traditionally, "only" seven subspecies have been recognized, but two new subspecies, one from Chile[2] and another from Brazil,[3] have been described within the last few years. It has recently been suggested that C. (l.) roraimae of the tepuis and C. (l.) decussatus of coastal Peru and Ecuador should be treated as separate species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Caprimulgus longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Cleere, N. (2006). A new subspecies of Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris from Central Chile. Bull. British Ornithologists' Club. 126 (1) : 12-19.
  3. ↑ Grantsau, R. (2008). Uma nova subespécie de Caprimulgus longirostris (Aves, Caprimulgidae). Atualidadedes Ornitológieas. 145: 4-5
  4. ↑ Cleere, N. (2010). Nightjars of the World. ISBN 1-903657-07-5.


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