Short-tailed Nighthawk

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Short-tailed Nighthawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Lurocalis
Species: L. semitorquatus
Binomial name
Lurocalis semitorquatus
(Gmelin, 1789)

The Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.[2]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently recognized:[2]

  • Lurocalis semitorquatus nattereri (Temminck, 1822)
  • Lurocalis semitorquatus noctivagus Griswold, 1936
  • Lurocalis semitorquatus schaeferi Phelps & W. H. Phelps Jr, 1952
  • Lurocalis semitorquatus semitorquatus (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Lurocalis semitorquatus stonei Huber, 1923

References


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