Tschudi's nightjar

Tschudi's nightjar or lesser band-winged nightjar (Systellura decussata) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae in the genus Systellura. It is found in western Peru and northern Chile. Until 2016, it was considered a subspecies of the band-winged nightjar.[2]

Tschudi's nightjar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Systellura
Species:
S. decussata
Binomial name
Systellura decussata
(Tschudi, 1844)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Systellura decussata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22725686A94899591. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725686A94899591.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Cleere, N. 2010. Nightjars: potoos, frogmouths, Oilbird and owlet-nightjars of the world. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
  • Sigurdsson, S. and J. Cracraft. 2014. Deciphering the diversity and history of New World nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae) using molecular phylogenetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 506–545.
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