Sickle-winged nightjar

Sickle-winged nightjar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Eleothreptus
G.R. Gray, 1840
Species: E. anomalus
Binomial name
Eleothreptus anomalus
(Gould, 1838)

The sickle-winged nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) is a species of nightjar in a monotypic genus in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and swamps. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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