Yucatan Nightjar
Antrostomus badiusBangs, O; Peck, ME, 1908
English (US) Yucatan Nightjar
The Yucatan Nightjar (Antrostomus badius) 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: Yucatan Peninsula and Cozumel; winters to Belize and northern HondurasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Antrostomus badius
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yucatan Nightjar
- Described by
- Bangs, O; Peck, ME, 1908
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bangs, O; Peck, ME, 1908
- Type locality
- Toledo district, British Honduras.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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