Collared Nightjar
Gactornis enarratus(Gray, GR, 1871)
English (US) Collared Nightjar
The Collared Nightjar (Gactornis enarratus) 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: humid forest of eastern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gactornis enarratus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Collared Nightjar
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus enarratus
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1871)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.8, no.48 p.428
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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