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Photo by James Eaton
Cat Tien NP, Vietnam, March 2012

Lyncornis macrotis

Eurostopodus macrotis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia:
China, Tibet, India, Bangladesh
Southeast Asia:
Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Philippines, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Sulawesi

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• L. m. bourdilloni:

• South-western India

• L. m. cerviniceps:

• Bangladesh and north-eastern India to southern China, Indochina and northern Malay Peninsula

• L. m. jacobsoni:

• Simeulue Island (off north-western Sumatra)

• L. m. macrotis:

• Northern and eastern Philippine Islands

• L. m. macropterus:

• Sulawesi, Talaud Island, Sangihe Island, Banggai Island. and Sula Island

It was formerly placed in the genus Eurostopodus.

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Birdforum thread discussing Nightjar taxonomy
3. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links