White-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis cayennensis - Engoulevent coré

Engoulevent coré
♀ adult
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

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

Habitat

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Engoulevent coré
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