Brown Nightjar
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| Brown Nightjar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Veles Bangs, 1918 |
| Species: | V. binotatus |
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| Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
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The Brown Nightjar (Veles binotatus) is a species of nightjar in a monotypic genus in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, and Liberia.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Caprimulgus binotatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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