New Caledonian Nightjar
Eurostopodus exulMayr, E, 1941
English (US) New Caledonian Nightjar
The New Caledonian Nightjar (Eurostopodus exul) 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: New Caledonia; known only from a single specimen from 1939Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eurostopodus exul
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- New Caledonian Nightjar
- Described by
- Mayr, E, 1941
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Eurostopodus mystacalis exul
- Described by
- Mayr, E, 1941
- Type locality
- Tao, northwestern New Caledonia
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.1152 p.1-7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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