Sickle-winged Nightjar

The Sickle-winged Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and swamps. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

The Sickle-winged Nightjar is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and swamps. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Eleothreptus anomalus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

White-winged Nightjar may belong with Sickle-winged Nightjar in Eleothreptus (Cleere 2002; BLI); SACC proposal on hold 8. Caprimulgus heterurus is split from C. parvulus (SACC 2006). 9. CHANGE: English name of Caprimulgus indicus from Grey Nightjar to Indian Jungle Nightjar, with split of C. jotaka, which retains English Name of Grey Nightjar 10. More

* Sickle-winged Nightjar, Eleothreptus anomalus : Found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. Copyright: Wikipedia. More

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Sickle-winged Nightjars may have evolved through territorial and courtship display activity and possibly do not constitute a generic character. Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus (Gould, 1838) Description : A small, sexually dimorphic nightjar, approximately 18 - 20 cm in length and relatively short tailed. Males are generally greyish-brown, often tinged cinnamon, and occasionally show an indistinct buffish collar on the hindneck. More

The Sickle-winged Nightjar is said to live in marshy grassland, thus its Brazilian name "curiango-do-banhado" (Sick, 1993). But on 11 September, 1997, Willis and students found a male running like a little rat at a road edge in high-altitude dry grasslands of the Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais (20 More