Todd's Nightjar
Setopagis heteruraTodd, WEC, 1915
English (US) Todd's Nightjar
The Todd's Nightjar (Setopagis heterura) 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 Colombia to central VenezuelaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Setopagis heterura
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Todd's Nightjar
- Described by
- Todd, WEC, 1915
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Setopagis heterurus
- Described by
- Todd, WEC, 1915
- Type locality
- La Tigrera, Santa Marta, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 28 p.81
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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