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 LC    Greater Band-winged Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Systellura longirostris

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Greater Band-winged Nightjar, Band-winged Nightjar, Rufous-naped Nightjar (ruficervix)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
20 - 27 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1825)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 4,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (NB), Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (78)...)

 
Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris) [XC291410]
     by Estevao Santos from Cogua, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)

 
Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris) [XC585527]
     by Ignacio Escobar from San Jos\u00e9 de Maipo, Cordillera, Regi\u00f3n Metropolitana, Chile (call)

Subspecies
Subspecies ruficervix has sometimes been treated as a separate species, but geographical variation in voice remains too poorly known to provide a clear picture of the relationships.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

  • ruficervix (Sclater, PL, 1866)   -  Western and northern Venezuela, western Colombia and Ecuador.
  • roraimae Chapman, 1929   -  Pantepui of southern Venezuela. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tepui Nightjar (Systellura roraimae).
  • atripunctata (Chapman, 1923)   -  Central and southern Peru, central and south-western Bolivia, north-western Argentina and northern Chile.
  • decussatus Tschudi, 1844   -  South-western Peru and extreme northern Chile.
  • bifasciata Gould, 1837   -  Chile and western Argentina; southernmost populations are migratory, migrating to northern Argentina.
  • longirostris (Bonaparte, 1825)   -  South-eastern Brazil, north-western and central Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay.
  • patagonica Olrog, 1962   -  Central and southern Argentina; southernmost populations are migratory, migrating to north-eastern Argentina and Paraguay.
  • pedrolimai (Grantsau, 2008)   -  North-eastern Brazil.
  • mochaensis (Cleere, 2006)   -  Is. Mocha and Ascención, central Chile.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Greater Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris) - 10 files


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