Yucatan Poorwill

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Yucatan Poorwill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Nyctiphrynus
Species: N. yucatanicus
Binomial name
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
(Hartert, 1892)

The Yucatan Poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in the entire Yucatán Peninsula region except on the north coast, in a 50km wide coastal strip that extends 700 km; the species ranges to south-central Belize, northeasternmost Guatemala, and southern regions Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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