Yucatan poorwill
Appearance
Yucatan poorwill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Genus: | Nyctiphrynus |
Species: | N. yucatanicus
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Binomial name | |
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus (Hartert, 1892)
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The Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the entire Yucatán Peninsula region except on the north coast, in a 50 km wide coastal strip that extends 700 km; the species ranges to south-central Belize, northeasternmost Guatemala, and southern regions Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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