Grey Nightjar

Grey Nightjar

Taxobox
name = Grey Nightjar
status =
status_system =
status_ref =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Caprimulgiformes
familia = Caprimulgidae
genus = "Caprimulgus"
species = "C. jotaka"
binomial = "Caprimulgus jotaka"
binomial_authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

The Grey Nightjar "Caprimulgus jotaka" is a species of nightjar found in South Asia. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of "Caprimulgus indicus". [Rasmussen, PC & JC Anderton 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions.]

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