Sickle-winged Nightjar
Eleothreptus anomalus(Gould, J, 1838)
English (US) Sickle-winged Nightjar
The Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) 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: swamps of southeastern Brazil to southern Paraguay and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eleothreptus anomalus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Sickle-winged Nightjar
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Amblypterus anomalus
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1838)
- Type locality
- Demerara, error = Sao Paulo, Brazil, by designation of Pinto, Rev. Mus. Paulista, 32, 1938, p. 237.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.5, no.58 p.105
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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