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Puerto Rican Nightjar

Antrostomus noctitherus

Classification

Class
Aves

The Puerto Rican nightjar, Puerto Rican whip-poor-will or guabairo (Antrostomus noctitherus) is a bird in the nightjar family found in the coastal dry scrub forests in localized areas of southwestern Puerto Rico. It was described in 1916 from bones found in a cave in north central Puerto Rico and a single skin specimen from 1888, and was considered extinct until observed in the wild in 1961. The current population is estimated as 1,400-2,000 mature birds.

Distribution

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