Roraiman Nightjar
Tepuiornis whitelyi(Salvin, O, 1885)
English (US) Roraiman Nightjar
The Roraiman Nightjar (Tepuiornis whitelyi) 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: tepuis of southeastern Venezuela, adjacent northern Brazil, and GuyanaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tepuiornis whitelyi
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Roraiman Nightjar
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1885)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Antrostomus whitelyi
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1885)
- Type locality
- Mt. Roraima, 3500 feet, British Guiana.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.3, no.12 p.438
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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