Large-tailed Nightjar
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| Large-tailed Nightjar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. macrurus |
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| Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821 |
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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 montanes.
In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar").
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Caprimulgus macrurus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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Female C. m. bimaculatus in Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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