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Roraiman Nightjar

Setopagis whitelyi

Classification

Class
Aves

The Roraiman nightjar (Tepuiornis whitelyi) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Taxonomy The Roraiman nightjar was formally described in 1885 as Antrostomus whitelyi by the English naturalist Osbert Salvin based on a specimen collected on Mount Roraima in British Guiana by the ornithologist Henry Whitely.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1