Cuban Nightjar

Taxobox
name = Cuban Nightjar


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Caprimulgiformes
familia = Caprimulgidae
genus = "Caprimulgus"
species = "C. cubanensis"
binomial = "Caprimulgus cubanensis"
binomial_authority = (Lawrence, 1860)
synonyms = The Cuban Nightjar ("Caprimulgus cubanensis") is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

This species was believed to be conspecific with Hispaniola's "Caprimulgus ekmani". Before the split, the species was named Greater Antillean Nightjar.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48651/all Caprimulgus cubanensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.