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Spot-tailed Nightjar
Original source: David MorimotoPermission(Reusing this file)This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 07:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC) by DreamOfShadows (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
Author: David MorimotoPermission(Reusing this file)This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 07:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC) by DreamOfShadows (talk). On that date it was licensed under the license below. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
The Spot-tailed Nightjar is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
The Spot-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus maculicaudus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Caprimulgus maculicaudus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More
Possible Spot-tailed Nightjar Sighting in Northern Puntarenas Province Unfortunately, there isn't complete certainty of what Eduardo Amengual and Robert Dean saw one evening early this year as they were returning to Monteverde, but I present the following report both so that other birders will be alert to the possibility and also simply because it's a tale that most of us can relate to in terms of rare bird sightings. More
Family : Caprimulgidae
Genus : Caprimulgus
Species : maculicaudus
Authority : (Lawrence, 1862)