Vaurie's nightjar
| Vaurie's nightjar | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. centralasicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Caprimulgus centralasicus Vaurie, 1960 | |
The Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to China.
Its natural habitat is cold desert. However, it is threatened by habitat loss. This bird is only known from a single 1929 specimen from Xinjiang, China. It has never been found again, and it is quite possibly invalid as it has not yet been compared to the similar subspecies of the European nightjar, C. europaeus plumipes, which occurs at the locality where C. centralasicus was found.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Caprimulgus centralasicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
马 鸣. 1999. 世界鸟类中的跨世纪悬案——中亚夜鹰（Caprimulgus centralasicus）. 大自然 （4）：22-22. Ma Ming. 1999. A cross-century unsolved - Caprimulgus centralasicus. China Nature, 20(4): 22-22.
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