[order] Caprimulgiformes | [family] Caprimulgidae | [latin] Caprimulgus cayennensis | [UK] White-tailed Nightjar | [FR] Engoulevent core | [DE] Weissschwanz-Nachtschwalbe | [ES] Chotacabras Coliblanco | [IT] Succiacapre della Cayenna | [NL] Witstaartnachtzwaluw
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | LA | Costa Rica through n SA | ||
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | albicauda | Costa Rica to n Colombia | ||
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | apertus | w Colombia, n Ecuador | ||
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | cayennensis | e Colombia through Venezuela and the Guianas to n Brazil | ||
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | insularis | ne Colombia and n Venezuela, nearby islands | ||
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | leopetes | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Caprimulgus | cayennensis | manati | Martinique (Lesser Antilles) |
Physical charateristics
Upperparts grey-brown with black-brown streaks. Broad buff collar; wings grey-brown densely spotted white and buff. Male has a thin white line across forewing, a large white throat patch; buff breast with dense white spots. Male shows white bar across outer wing primaries and a largely whitish brown tail. Female lacks white on wings and tail. Bill, legs and feet blackish.
Listen to the sound of White-tailed Nightjar
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Range
Outer North of South America from Colombia, via venezuela and Guianas to Northern Brazil.
Habitat
Open grassland and savanna with scattered vegetation. Also scrubland, forest edges and along open man made structures like airstrips.
Reproduction
Nest site in rough grass, vegetated gravel, sandy grounds and bare stony ground with vegetation nearby. No nest is made, 1-2 egs are laid on ground and incubated by female during the day. If adult is flushed from nest it displays injury-feigning distraction.
Feeding habits
Mainly insects like beetles, grasshoppers and moths. Forages by short sallies, flying low over vegtation or between animals like cattle.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,500,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but it is believed to be large as the species is described as ‘frequent’ in at least parts of its range (Stotz et al. 1996). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Sedentary throughout range, but vagrancy has been reported in Puerto Rico.
Distribution map
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