Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Great Eared-nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis) - HBW 5, p. 341
French: Engoulevent oreillard
German: Riesennachtschwalbe
Spanish: Chotacabras Orejudo
Other common names: Greater/Philippine/Giant Eared-nightjar
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus macrotis Vigors, 1831, Manila.
Genus tentatively merged into Caprimulgus by one author, but this proposal has received very little support. Formerly placed in genus Lyncornis. Internal taxonomy requires further study. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bourdilloni (Hume, 1875) - SW India.
- cerviniceps (Gould, 1838) - Bangladesh and NE India E to extreme S China and S through Indochina to N Malaysia.
- jacobsoni (Junge, 1936) - Simeulue I (off NW Sumatra).
- bourdilloni (Hume, 1875) - SW India.
- cerviniceps (Gould, 1838) - Bangladesh and NE India E to extreme S China and S through Indochina to N Malaysia.
- jacobsoni (Junge, 1936) - Simeulue I (off NW Sumatra).
- macrotis (Vigors, 1831) - N & E Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Siargao, Mindanao, Basilan).
- macropterus (Bonaparte, 1850) - N & C Sulawesi, Talaud Is, Sangihe, Banggai Is and Sula Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird flying at dusk, in slow motion (50%) Locality Toraut, Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp macropterus)
Josep del Hoyo 4 August 2007 5 years ago 27 sec 4.1 -
A bird at night, perched in atop a palm tree. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp macropterus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 1 year ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird perched atop a dead palm leaf at night. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp macropterus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 1 year ago 29 sec 4 -
A perched bird at night, flying away in the end. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp macropterus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 1 year ago 21 sec 3.6 -
An individual in flight after sunset (then at 20% speed). Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia (ssp cerviniceps)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 1 year ago 35 sec 3.3 -
A bird on a branch. Locality Dumoga Bone (Bogani Nani Wartabone) National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp jacobsoni)
herve jacob 29 September 2012 8 weeks ago 18 sec 3
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Rare view of one perched
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
nvoaden 1 September 2009 50 weeks ago 3.9 -
A bird in flight, seen from below.
Locality Cat Tien National Park, Cochinchina, Vietnam (ssp cerviniceps)
James Eaton 1 March 2012 46 weeks ago 3.6 -
A bird perch
Locality Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines (ssp macrotis)
LouisCheung 1 May 2010 2 years ago 3
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bird calling at night Locality Hamut Camp, Mount Dos Cuernos, Sierra Madre, Cagayan Valley Province, Luzon, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 March 1994 3 years ago 4 -
Calls by one bird. Locality Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia
(ssp cerviniceps)
Josep del Hoyo 13 March 2011 1 year ago 3.3
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