Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) - HBW 5, p. 386
French: Engoulevent à faucilles
German: Sichelschwingen-Nachtschwalbe
Spanish: Chotacabras Pantanero
Taxonomy: Amblypterus anomalus Gould, 1838, São Paulo, Brazil.
Closest relative may be Caprimulgus candicans, which may even be congeneric (see page 305). Monotypic.
Distribution: S Brazil (Distrito Federal and Minas Gerais, patchily S to Rio Grande do Sul), C & S Paraguay (Concepción to Misiones) and N & NE Argentina (Misiones to Buenos Aires).
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A bird on the ground Locality Vila Velha State Park, Paraná State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 May 2005 7 years ago 31 sec 3.7 -
A male in an area with short grass and some rocks. Locality Rincón de Santa María Nature Reserve, Corrientes Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Kini Roesler 20 December 2008 4 years ago 8 sec 3.5
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An individual in a grassland.
Locality Rincón de Santa María Nature Reserve, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Kini Roesler 20 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
An individual seen at night.
Locality Paraná State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 23 November 2012 15 weeks ago 3.6
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