Lyre-tailed nightjar

Lyre-tailed nightjar
Male in NW Ecuador
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Uropsalis
Species: U. lyra
Binomial name
Uropsalis lyra
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Lyre-tailed nightjar

The lyre-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis lyra) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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