Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Spot-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus maculicaudus) - HBW 5, p. 354
French: Engoulevent à queue étoilée
German: Fleckschwanz-Nachtschwalbe
Spanish: Chotacabras Colipinto
Other common names: Pitsweet
Taxonomy: Stenopsis maculicaudus Lawrence, 1862, Pará, Brazil.
Considered by some authors sufficiently distinctive to merit isolation in a separate genus, in which case Antiurus is available. Disjunct populations could represent more than one species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Discontinuously from SE Mexico to the Guianas; and discontinuously from NW & N Brazil S through SE Peru, N & EC Bolivia to E Paraguay and SE Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird laying on a path, at night Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 4.9 -
A close-up of an individual on the ground Locality Emas National Park, Goiás State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 11 January 2005 4 years ago 55 sec 4.8
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An adult, restin in a branch.
Locality Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 7 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird perched in low bushes
Locality Pixaim River, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Chris and Megan Perkins 9 November 2010 1 year ago 3.9
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A singing bird in an open field. Locality Pixaim River, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Bradley Davis 7 September 2008 2 years ago 2
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