Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus)

Other Names (World)
Short-tailed Nighthawk, Semi-collared Nighthawk, Chestnut-banded Nighthawk (nattereri), Natterer's Nighthawk (nattereri)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
21 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Belize.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) [XC698603]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Fazenda Renova, Taguatinga, Tocantins, Brazil (call, song)

Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) [XC861650]
by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Loaiza B. from Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Pichincha, Parroquia Nanegalito, Nueva Granada, Hacienda Los Yumbos, Ecuador (flight call)

Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Rufous-bellied Nighthawk (Lurocalis rufiventris), with which probably forms superspecies. Subspecies nattereri often considered a separate species. Population on Trinidad requires further study to ascertain subspecific status.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

stonei Huber, 1923 - South-eastern Mexico south through north-eastern Guatemala and northern Honduras to north-eastern Nicaragua.
noctivagus Griswold, 1936 - Costa Rica and Panama south to coastal western Colombia and north-western Ecuador.
semitorquatus (Gmelin, 1789) - North-eastern Colombia and western and southern Venezuela east through the Guianas, and extreme north-western Brazil. Also (probably this race) Trinidad and Tobago.
schaeferi Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1952 - Northern Venezuela.
nattererii (Temminck, 1822) - Eastern Ecuador, northern and eastern Peru and Brazil south of Amazon south to northern Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) - 10 files

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