White-tailed nightjar
| White-tailed nightjar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Hydropsalis |
| Species: | H. cayennensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydropsalis cayennensis Gmelin, 1789 | |
The white-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hydropsalis cayennensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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