Solomons Nightjar
Eurostopodus nigripennisRamsay, EP, 1882
English (US) Solomons Nightjar
The Solomons Nightjar (Eurostopodus nigripennis) 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: northern and central Solomon IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eurostopodus nigripennis
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Solomons Nightjar
- Described by
- Ramsay, EP, 1882
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Eurystopodus nigripennis
- Described by
- Ramsay, EP, 1882
- Type locality
- One of the Solomon Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(1881) p.835
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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