Sickle-winged Nightjar

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Sickle-winged Nightjar
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Eleothreptus
Species: E. anomalus
Binomial name
Eleothreptus anomalus
(Gould, 1838)

The Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and swamps. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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