Great Eared Nightjar
Lyncornis macrotis(Vigors, NA, 1831)
English (US) Great Eared Nightjar
The Great Eared Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) 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.
- Scientific name
- Lyncornis macrotis
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Eared Nightjar
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Lyncornis macrotis cerviniceps
- Lyncornis macrotis bourdilloni
- Lyncornis macrotis macrotis
- Lyncornis macrotis jacobsoni
- Lyncornis macrotis macropterus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus macrotis
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1831)
- Type locality
- Manila.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.8 p.97
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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