Greater Antillean Nightjar - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Cuban Nightjar

Photo by rb_stern
Cuba, February 2009

Antrostomus cubanensis

Includes Hispaniolan Nightjar

Identification

25–29·5 cm

• Blackish-brown upper­parts

Sexually dimorphic

Distribution

North America: endemic to the Caribbean (West Indies): found in the Greater Antilles and Cuba

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

• A. c. cubanensis:

• Cuba

• A. c. insulaepinorum:

• Isle of Pines and Cayo Coco

• A. c. ekmani:

• Hispaniola

It was formerly placed in the genus Caprimulgus.

Habitat

Open woodland, swamp edges and riversides.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Greater Antillean Nightjar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Greater_Antillean_Nightjar

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