Cayenne Nightjar

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Cayenne Nightjar
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species: C. maculosus
Binomial name
Caprimulgus maculosus
(Todd, 1920)

The Cayenne Nightjar Caprimulgus maculosus is currently only known from a single specimen taken on the Fleuve Mana, French Guiana. A possible female was caught at the Saül airstrip, French Guiana.

This is a small, brown variegated neotropical nightjar, 22.5cm in length. It is known only from a single specimen, a male. Upperparts greyish-brown, broadly streaked blackish-brown on crown and nape. Narrow, indistinct tawny collar on hindneck. Wing-coverts greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; scapulars blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. Large white patch either side of lower throat. Underparts buff heavily barred brown.

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[edit] References

  • Nightjars: A Guide to Nightjars and Related Nightbirds by Nigel Cleere and Dave Nurney

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