Brown Nightjar
Veles binotatus(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Brown Nightjar
The Brown Nightjar (Veles binotatus) 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: locally from Liberia to northern Gabon and central Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Veles binotatus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Nightjar
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Caprimulgus binotatus
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- Borneo, error = Ashanti, type ! from Dabocrom, Gold Coast fide Hartlaub, Orn. Westafr., p. 22.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.60
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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