Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
19.50 - 21.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cabanis, 1848)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From 100 - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador east through the Guianas and northern Brazil, south to northern and eastern Bolivia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens) [XC272230]
by Jeremy Minns from Mozeskreek area, W Suriname, Suriname (call)

Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens) [XC342717]
by Bobby Wilcox from Floresta Ombr\u00f3fila de Transi\u00e7\u00e3o, Mata da \u00c1gua Fria, Guara\u00ed, Tocantins, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Roraiman Nightjar (Setopagis whitelyi).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blackish Nightjar (Nyctipolus nigrescens) - 10 files

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