Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Lyre-tailed Nightjar

Taxobox
name = Lyre-tailed Nightjar


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Caprimulgiformes
familia = Caprimulgidae
genus = "Uropsalis"
species = "U. lyra"
binomial = "Uropsalis lyra"
binomial_authority = (Bonaparte, 1850)
synonyms =

The Lyre-tailed Nightjar ("Uropsalis lyra") is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48700/all Uropsalis lyra] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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