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White-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis cayennensis

Classification

Class
Aves

The white-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the tropic regions of Central and South America. Taxonomy The white-tailed nightjar was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 80