Great Eared Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) [XC612187]
by Jelle Scharringa from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand (song)
Great Eared Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis) [XC348187]
by Peter Boesman from Tambon Khao Khram, Amphoe Mueang Krabi, Chang Wat Krabi, Thailand (call)
Subspecies
Genus tentatively merged into Caprimulgus by one author, but this proposal has received very little support. Formerly placed in genus Lyncornis. Internal taxonomy requires further study.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
bourdilloni Hume, 1875 - South-western India.
cerviniceps Gould, 1838 - Bangladesh and north-eastern India east to extreme southern China and south through Indochina to northern Malaysia.
jacobsoni Junge, 1936 - Simeulue I (off north-western Sumatra).