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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 12 weeks ago 18 sec 3 -
A bird flying around in the dusk. Locality South Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp cerviniceps)
Yoel Jimenez 26 November 2008 2 years ago 18 sec 2.2
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