Large-tailed nightjar
Large-tailed nightjar | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Genus: | Caprimulgus |
Species: | C. macrurus
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Binomial name | |
Caprimulgus macrurus (Horsfield, 1821)
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The large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found along the southern Himalayan foothills, eastern South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. This species is a resident of the countries of Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar")[1]
References[]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Caprimulgus macrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725708A94900378. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725708A94900378.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
Gallery[]
Female C. m. bimaculatus in Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Large tailed nightjar, shot in Bharatpur. Dec 2011.
Large Tailed Nightjar clicked at Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Caprimulgus
- Birds of Southeast Asia
- Birds described in 1821
- Caprimulgiformes stubs