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Alternative name: Short-collared Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Includes Chestnut-banded Nighthawk

Photo by Luiz
Location: Reserva Guainumbi, SP, Brazil

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America.
Central America: Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

[edit] Taxonomy

Five subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• L. s. stonei
• L. s. noctivagus
• L. s. schaeferi
• L. s. semitorquatus
• L. s. nattereri

The last subspecies has been proposed split as a full species, L. nattereri^[2].

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Birdforum thread discussing the possible species status of subspecies nattereri

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