Species factsheet

White-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus cayennensis)

Order: Caprimulgus cayennensis
Family: Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

Danish name: Hvidhalet Natravn

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

albicauda

Costa Rica to n Colombia

apertus

w Colombia, n Ecuador

cayennensis

e Colombia through Venezuela and the Guianas to n Brazil

insularis

ne Colombia and n Venezuela, nearby islands

leopetes

Trinidad and Tobago

manati

Martinique (Lesser Antilles)

Photos

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