Indian Jungle Nightjar

Indian Jungle Nightjar

Taxobox
name = Indian Jungle Nightjar
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=48666|title=Caprimulgus indicus|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Caprimulgiformes
familia = Caprimulgidae
genus = "Caprimulgus"
species = "C. indicus"
binomial = "Caprimulgus indicus"
binomial_authority = Latham, 1790

The Indian Jungle Nightjar "Caprimulgus indicus" is a species of nightjar found in South Asia. The name Grey Nightjar has also been used although this now refers to the "Caprimulgus jotaka". [Rasmussen, PC & JC Anderton 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions.]

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