- Caprimulgus parvulus
Includes Todd's Nightjar
Identification
Male has white on outer tail, scapulars, a bar across the primaries, and on chin and throat. Female is missing white on tail, and has buffy instead of white in wings.
Variation: Todd's Nightjar (see below) has larger white area in the wings.
Similar Species
Can be surprisingly similar to Pauraque but that species has a much longer tail.
Distribution
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized: parvulus (most of the range given) and heterurus (northern Colombia and Venezuela).
The SACC (2007, 2008) split Todd's Nightjar Caprimulgus heterurus from Caprimulgus parvulus; this split was accepted by Gill & Wright (2008) and BirdLife International (2008).
It has recently been proposed that this and most other new world Caprimulgus nightjars should be placed in genus Antrostomus
Habitat
Forests.
Behaviour
Nocturnal
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- BirdLife International (2008) The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world, with conservation status and taxonomic sources. Version 1. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/downloads/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_1.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB].
- Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276. Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
- SACC proposal to name the subspecies heterurus
