Tschudi's nightjar

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Tschudi's nightjar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Caprimulgiformes
Family:
Caprimulgidae
Genus:
Systellura
Species:
S. decussata
Binomial name
Systellura decussata
(Tschudi, 1844)

Tschudi's nightjar or lesser band-winged nightjar (Systellura decussata) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family in the genus Systellura. It is found in western Peru and northern Chile. Until 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the band-winged nightjar.

References

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  • Cleere, N. 2010. Nightjars: potoos, frogmouths, Oilbird and owlet-nightjars of the world. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
  • Sigurdsson, S. and J. Cracraft. 2014. Deciphering the diversity and history of New World nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae) using molecular phylogenetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 506-545.


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