Short description: Species of bird

Collared nightjar
Collared nightjar (Gactornis enarratus) with two chicks, Andasibe National Park, Madagascar.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Gactornis
Han, Robbins, & Braun, 2010
Species:
G. enarratus
Binomial name
Gactornis enarratus
G.R. Gray, 1871
Synonyms

Caprimulgus enarratus


The collared nightjar (Gactornis enarratus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Madagascar .

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

References

  • Han, K.-L., M.B. Robbins, and M.J. Braun. 2010. A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55:443-453.

See also Wikidata entry Q1391121.



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