Band-tailed Nighthawk - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Aracari
Lowland forest at the margins of the Caurés River, west of the Rio Negro, Brazil, January 2006

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Identification

Dark body, white band on the tail formed by 3 white spots on the 3 outermost tail feathers.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

Photo by Marcelo Padua
Pixaim River (Pantanal)

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• N. l. pallida:

• Tropical north-eastern Colombia to central Venezuela

• N. l. leucopyga:

• Eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil

• N. l. exigua:

• Tropical eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela

• N. l. latifascia:

• Extreme southern Venezuela

• N. l. majuscula:

• North-eastern Peru to eastern Bolivia and central Brazil

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, rivers, and swamps.

Behaviour

Nocturnal.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Band-tailed Nighthawk. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-tailed_Nighthawk

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