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Sykes's nightjar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Caprimulgiformes
Family:
Caprimulgidae
Genus:
Caprimulgus
Species:
C. mahrattensis
Binomial name
Caprimulgus mahrattensis
Sykes, 1832

Sykes's nightjar or the Sindh nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis) is a nightjar species found in South Asia.

The name commemorates Colonel William Henry Sykes, who served with the British military in India.[2]

in Banni Grasslands

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 332–333.


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