Long-trained nightjar
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| A male long-trained nightjar at Tremembé, São Paulo state, Brazil | |
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| A female long-trained nightjar at Tremembé, São Paulo state, Brazil | |
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| Genus: | Macropsalis P.L. Sclater, 1866
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| Species: | M. forcipata
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| Macropsalis forcipata (Nitzsch, 1840)
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Macropsalis creagra (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
The long-trained nightjar (Macropsalis forcipata) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Macropsalis. It is found in forests, mainly in highlands, in north-eastern Argentina and south-eastern Brazil.
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