Cayenne nightjar
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| Species: | C. Maculosus
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- The Cayenne Nightjar is currently only known from a single specimen taken on the Fleuve Mana, French Guiana. A possible female was caught at the Saül airstrip, French Guiana.
- Identification (From Nightjars: A Guide to Nightjars and Related Nightbirds by Nigel Cleere and Dave Nurney)
- Length 22.5cm. A small, brown Variegated Neotropical nightjar. Known only from a single specimen, a male. Upperparts greyish-brown, broadly streaked blackish-brown on crown and nape. Narrow, indistinct tawny collar on hindneck. Wing-coverts greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; scapulars blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. Large white patch either side of lower throat. Underparts buff heavily barred brown.
At rest
- Length 22.5cm. A small, brown Variegated Neotropical nightjar. Known only from a single specimen, a male.
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