Spot-tailed nightjar
| Spot-tailed 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: | Hydropsalis |
| Species: | H. maculicaudus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydropsalis maculicaudus (Lawrence, 1862)
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The spot-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis maculicaudus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Hydropsalis maculicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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