Sykes's Nightjar
Caprimulgus mahrattensisSykes, WH, 1832
English (US) Sykes's Nightjar
The Sykes's Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis) 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: southeastern Iran to southern Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northwestern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus mahrattensis
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sykes's Nightjar
- Described by
- Sykes, WH, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus Mahrattensis
- Described by
- Sykes, WH, 1832
- Type locality
- Mahrattas.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.18 p.83
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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