Large-tailed nightjar
Not to be confused with long-tailed nightjar.
| Large-tailed nightjar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. macrurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caprimulgus macrurus (Horsfield, 1821) | |
The large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar").
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2014). "Caprimulgus macrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
Gallery
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Female C. m. bimaculatus in Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Large tailed nightjar, shot in Bharatpur. Dec 2011.
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