Cayenne Nightjar

Taxobox | name = Cayenne Nightjar
status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Caprimulgiformes
familia = Caprimulgidae
genus = "Caprimulgus"
species = "C. maculosus"
binomial = "Caprimulgus maculosus"
binomial_authority = (Todd, 1920)

The Cayenne Nightjar "Caprimulgus maculosus" is currently only known from a single specimen taken on the Fleuve Mana, French Guiana. A possible female was caught at the Saül airstrip, French Guiana.

This is a small, brown variegated neotropical nightjar, 22.5cm in length. It is known only from a single specimen, a male. Upperparts greyish-brown, broadly streaked blackish-brown on crown and nape. Narrow, indistinct tawny collar on hindneck. Wing-coverts greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; scapulars blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. Large white patch either side of lower throat. Underparts buff heavily barred brown.

References

*"Nightjars: A Guide to Nightjars and Related Nightbirds" by Nigel Cleere and Dave Nurney

External links

*{http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2394&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]