White-winged Nightjar
Eleothreptus candicans(Pelzeln, A, 1867)
English (US) White-winged Nightjar
The White-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus candicans) 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: interior of northern Bolivia, south-central Brazil, and eastern ParaguayRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eleothreptus candicans
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- White-winged Nightjar
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1867)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Stenopsis candicans
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1867)
- Type locality
- Irisanga, Sao Paulo.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866, pt.3 p.588
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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