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Great Eared Nightjar

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==Distribution== ==Distribution==
-[[Central America]]:<br /> 
-[[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]]<br /> 
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[[China]], [[Tibet]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]]<br /> [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]]<br />
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 +A proposal has been made to move this species to genus ''[[:Category:Lyncornis|Lyncornis]]''.
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
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==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
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==References== ==References==
-#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase+#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1873775 Birdforum thread] discussing Nightjar taxonomy
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==External Links== ==External Links==
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Photo by James EatonCat Tien NP, Vietnam, March 2012
Photo by James Eaton
Cat Tien NP, Vietnam, March 2012
Eurostopodus macrotis

Contents

Identification

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

  • E. m. bourdilloni:
  • E. m. cerviniceps:
  • E. m. jacobsoni:
  • Simeulue Island (off north-western Sumatra)
  • E. m. macrotis:
  • E. m. macropterus:
  • Sulawesi, Talaud Island, Sangihe Island, Banggai Island. and Sula Island

A proposal has been made to move this species to genus Lyncornis.

Habitat

Behaviour

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

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