White-tailed Nightjar
Hydropsalis cayennensis
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El añapero de cola blanca es un chotacabras nocturno de América del Sur tropical, que habita en bordes de selva y sabanas abiertas.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 27,3 cm | 10.7 in |
| Peso | 35,75 g | 1.26 oz |
Identificación
Plumaje
Male brown and grey mottled; white outer tail feathers diagnostic; white throat; small white wing spots; female has buff outer tail feathers and lacks white wing spots; scrubby savanna habitats.
Habitat & Range
Distribución geográfica
Resident of open savanna and forest edge from Costa Rica through Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil; also Caribbean islands.
Diet & Feeding
Aerial insectivore; catches moths, beetles, and flying insects at night over South American open and scrubby habitats.
Estado de conservación
Comportamiento y reproducción
Nidificación
Nest type: NO.
Tamaño de la puesta
2
Sonido
Canto
Rapid, whirring trill; 'churrrr' repeated with nasal quality; calls from open savanna and grassland at dusk; alarm a sharp bark; males display low over ground
Taxonomía
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Orden | Caprimulgiformes (Chotacabras y Vencejos) |
| Familia | Caprimulgidae (Chotacabras) |
| Genus | Hydropsalis |
| Especies | Hydropsalis cayennensis |
Distribution
White-tailed Nightjar has been recorded in 4 countries.
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Similar Birds
Other species in the Caprimulgidae family