Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
White-winged Nightjar
Description
Habitat
Ecology: In Paraguay, home ranges
primarily comprise wet grassland and campo cerrado, the latter with a mixture of palms Butia paraguayensis and termite mounds11. In Brazil, it has been recorded mainly in campo limpo with abundant termite mounds. When foraging
, it prefers areas of younger vegetation, perhaps due to the increased insect prey
they support
, although it avoids very recently burnt areas11,12. Known populations are apparently sedentary11, although there may be local movements in response to fires. Suggestions that it may be migratory in parts of its range4 are not supported by current
knowledge11,12 or the apparent source of this information1. In Paraguay, the breeding season
extends from September to January11. The breeding system, male nuptial
display, nest-site, eggs
and chicks have all been described recently8,11.[1]
List of Habitats
:4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Strigimorphae
()
- Order:
Strigiformes
()
- Wagler, 1830
- Owls
- Suborder:
Caprimulgi
()
- Ridgway, 1881
- Infraorder:
Caprimulgides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Caprimulgida
()
- Superfamily:
Caprimulgoidea
()
-
- Family:
Caprimulgidae
()
- Genus:
Eleothreptus
()
- Specific name:
candicans
- (Pelzeln, 1867)
- Scientific name: - Eleothreptus candicans (Pelzeln, 1867)
- Specific name:
candicans
- (Pelzeln, 1867)
- Genus:
Eleothreptus
(
- Family:
Caprimulgidae
(
- Superfamily:
Caprimulgoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Caprimulgida
(
- Infraorder:
Caprimulgides
(
- Suborder:
Caprimulgi
(
- Order:
Strigiformes
(
- Superorder:
Strigimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eleothreptus
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
E. anomalus (Sickle-Winged Nightjar) · E. candicans (White-Winged Nightjar)
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Eleothreptus candicans. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2474616
- IUCN ID: 46880
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1029717
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
