Cayenne nightjar
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S. maculosa
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| Setopagis maculosa (Todd, 1920)
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Caprimulgus maculosus |
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The Cayenne nightjar (Setopagis maculosa) is only known from a single specimen, a male taken on the Fleuve Mana, French Guiana in 1917. However, a possible female was caught at the Saül airstrip, French Guiana in 1982.[2]
This is a small, brown variegated neotropical nightjar, 22.5 cm (8.9 in) in length. It is known only from a single specimen of a male. The upperparts are greyish-brown, and it the corwn and nape are broadly streaked blackish-brown. A narrow, indistinct tawny collar can be seen on the hindneck. The wing-coverts are greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; the scapulars are blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. There are large white patched on either side of lower throat. The buff underparts are heavily barred brown.
References
- Nightjars: A Guide to Nightjars and Related Nightbirds by Nigel Cleere and Dave Nurney
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