Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Puerto Rican Nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus) - HBW 5, p. 350
French: Engoulevent de Porto Rico
German: Puerto-Rico-Nachtschwalbe
Spanish: Choro-ratón Cabecibueño
Taxonomy: Setochalcis noctitherus Wetmore, 1919, Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
May form superspecies with C. vociferus, with which formerly considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Puerto Rico.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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Fragments of the documentary, "The Puerto Rican Nightjar", devoted to an endagered endemic species. Fragmentos de el documental Locality Bosque Seco de Guánica, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 21 May 2003 2 years ago 25 sec 4.3
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An adult perched on a tree branch. Un adulto posado sobre la rama de un árbol.
Locality Bosque Seco de Guánica, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 18 April 2003 2 years ago 3.8
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Adults singing in the afternoon. Adultos vocalizando al llegar la noche. Locality Bosque Seco de Guánica, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 18 April 2004 2 years ago 4
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