Yucatan Poorwill
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus(Hartert, EJO, 1892)
English (US) Yucatan Poorwill
The Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus) 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: southern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) to northern Belize and Petén of northern GuatemalaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yucatan Poorwill
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus yucatanicus
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1892)
- Type locality
- Tizimin, Yucatan.
- Original description
- Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum 16 p.575
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Eared Poorwill
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Ocellated Poorwill
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Choco Poorwill
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Common Poorwill
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