White-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis cayennensis - Engoulevent coré

Systematics

Order
:
Caprimulgiformes
Family
:
Caprimulgidés
Genus
:
Hydropsalis
Species
:
cayennensis

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 25 à 46 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

White-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis cayennensis) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Hydropsalis cayennensis cayennensis (e Colombia through Venezuela and the Guianas to n Brazil)
Hydropsalis cayennensis albicauda (Costa Rica to n Colombia)
Hydropsalis cayennensis aperta (w Colombia, n Ecuador)
Hydropsalis cayennensis insularis (ne Colombia and n Venezuela, nearby islands)
Hydropsalis cayennensis leopetes (Trinidad and Tobago)
Hydropsalis cayennensis manati (Martinique. Lesser Antilles.)

Foreign names

Engoulevent coré,
Chotacabras coliblanco,
bacurau-de-cauda-branca,
Weißschwanz-Nachtschwalbe,
fehérfarkú lappantyú,
Witstaartnachtzwaluw,
Succiacapre codabianca,
vitstjärtad nattskärra,
Hvithalenattravn,
lelek bielochvostý,
lelek běloocasý,
Hvidhalet Natravn,
valkopyrstökehrääjä,
enganyapastors de Caiena,
lelkowiec białopręgi,
Белохвостый козодой,
オジロヨタカ,
白尾夜鹰,
白尾夜鷹,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest