Cayenne nightjar
| Cayenne nightjar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Setopagis |
| Species: | S. maculosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Setopagis maculosa (Todd, 1920)
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| Synonyms | |
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Caprimulgus maculosus | |
The Cayenne nightjar (Setopagis maculosa) is a species of bird in the nightjar family only known from a single specimen, a male taken on the Fleuve Mana, French Guiana in 1917. However, a possible female was caught at the Saül airstrip, French Guiana in 1982.[2]
This is a small, brown variegated neotropical nightjar, 22.5 cm (8.9 in) in length. It is known only from a single specimen of a male. The upperparts are greyish-brown, and it the crown and nape are broadly streaked blackish-brown. A narrow, indistinct tawny collar can be seen on the hindneck. The wing-coverts are greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; the scapulars are blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. There are large white patched on either side of lower throat. The buff underparts are heavily barred brown.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Setopagis maculosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "BirdLife Species Factsheet: Cayenne Nightjar Caprimulgus maculosus". BirdLife International. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- Nightjars: A Guide to Nightjars and Related Nightbirds by Nigel Cleere and Dave Nurney
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