| Long-trained Nightjar | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Macropsalis P.L. Sclater, 1866 |
| Species: | M. creagra |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropsalis creagra (Bonnaparte, 1850) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Macropsalis forcipata (Bonnaparte, 1850) |
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The Long-trained Nightjar (Macropsalis creagra) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Macropsalis. It is found in forests, mainly in highlands, in north-eastern Argentina and south-eastern Brazil.