Brown nightjar
Appearance
Brown nightjar | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Genus: | Veles Bangs, 1918 |
Species: | V. binotatus
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Binomial name | |
Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850)
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The brown nightjar (Veles binotatus) is a species of nightjar in a monotypic genus in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, and Liberia.
References
- ^ "Veles binotatus". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2015-01-01.