Plain-tailed Nighthawk
Nyctiprogne vielliardi(Lencioni-Neto, F, 1994)
English (US) Plain-tailed Nighthawk
The Plain-tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne vielliardi) 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: eastern Brazil (xeric caatinga of northern Bahia and northern Minas Gerais)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nyctiprogne vielliardi
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Plain-tailed Nighthawk
- Described by
- (Lencioni-Neto, F, 1994)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chordeiles vielliardi
- Described by
- (Lencioni-Neto, F, 1994)
- Type locality
- Bresil, Bahia, Manga
- Original description
- Alauda: Études et Notes Ornithologiques 62 p.241-245
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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