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Setopagis maculosa

Identification

22.5cm

  • Grey-brown upperparts
  • Buff underparts barred brown
  • Black, brown-streaked crown and nape
  • Narrow tawny collar on hindneck
  • Grey-brown, buff spotted wing-coverts
  • White patch each side of lower throat

Distribution

South America: known from a 1917 specimen from French Guiana.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].
It was formerly included in the genus Caprimulgus.

Habitat

Forest.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BirdLife International

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