Short-tailed Nighthawk - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Short-collared Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Includes Chestnut-banded Nighthawk

Photo by Luiz
Location: Reserva Guainumbi, SP, Brazil

Distribution

Central and South America.
Central America: Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• L. s. stonei - southeastern Mexico south through northeastern Guatemala to Panama; also in southwestern Costa Rica, Pacific Panama, southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador
• L. s. schaeferi - northern Venezuela
• L. s. semitorquatus - northeast Colombia to the Guianas, northern Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago
• L. s. nattereri - eastern Ecuador to eastern Peru, Brazil south of the Amazon and northeast Argentina

The last subspecies has been proposed split as a full species, Chestnut-banded Nighthawk, L. nattereri^[2].

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and swamps.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Birdforum thread discussing the possible species status of subspecies nattereri

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