Large-tailed Nightjar

Large-tailed Nightjar
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Genus:	Caprimulgus
Species:	C. macrurus
Binomial name
	Caprimulgus macrurus; Horsfield, 1821
Subspecies
	C. m. albonotatus Tickell, 1833 ; C. m. bimaculatus Peale, 1848 ; C. m. macrurus Horsfield, 1821 ; C. m. salvadorii Sharpe, 1875 ; C. m. johnsoni Deignan, 1955 ; C. m. schlegelii Meyer, AB, 1874

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C. m. albonotatus Tickell, 1833 ne Pakistan through n India to Bhutan and Bangladesh.
C. m. bimaculatus Peale, 1848 ne India and s China through Southeast Asia and Malay Pen., Sumatra.
C. m. macrurus Horsfield, 1821 Java and Bali.
C. m. salvadorii Sharpe, 1875 Borneo and s Sulu Is.
C. m. johnsoni Deignan, 1955 s Philippines.
C. m. schlegelii Meyer, AB, 1874 Lesser Sundas and Moluccas, New Guinea to n and ne Australia.

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References[]

^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D., eds. (2014). "IOC World Bird List (v 4.4): Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos & nightjars". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.4.4. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

External links[]

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Projects

This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Caprimulgiformes/Caprimulgidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each nightjar, including made-up species.

[IOC-1] Gill, F.; Donsker, D., eds. (2014). "IOC World Bird List (v 4.4): Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos & nightjars". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.4.4. Retrieved 18 December 2014.

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