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 LC    Yucatan Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Antrostomus badius

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Yucatan Nightjar, Yucatan Tawny-collared Nightjar

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
22 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bangs & Peck, 1908)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest.

Range (Guide)
Belize, Guatemala, Mexico.

Vagrant to Nicaragua.

Unknown to Honduras.

Yucatán Peninsula of south-eastern Mexico; also Cozumel I.
 
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A rolling 'yip-willo-reeo'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

 
Yucatan Nightjar (Antrostomus badius) [XC589980]
     by Richard C. Hoyer from Sendero Xoc\u00e9n-Kanxoc, Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico (call)

 
Yucatan Nightjar (Antrostomus badius) [XC332439]
     by George Wagner from Sendero de Xocen, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Tawny-collared Nightjar (Antrostomus salvini) and Silky-tailed Nightjar (Antrostomus sericocaudatus), all sometimes being considered conspecific. Alternatively, has been treated as a subspecies of one or other of the above species, although vocally it may be closest to Rufous Nightjar (Antrostomus rufus).

No subspecies.


References
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Files:
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