Spot-tailed Nightjar
Antiurus maculicaudus(Lawrence, GN, 1862)
English (US) Spot-tailed Nightjar
The Spot-tailed Nightjar (Antiurus maculicaudus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Nighthawks) in the order Caprimulgiformes.
Range: locally from southeastern Mexico to northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and southeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Antiurus maculicaudus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spot-tailed Nightjar
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Stenopsis maculicaudus
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1862)
- Type locality
- Para.
- Original description
- Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7 p.459
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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