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Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

About Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Owls And Nightjars
  • Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars

The large-tailed nightjar is a species of nightjar known for its distinctive long, broad tail and cryptic plumage that allows it to blend into its surroundings. Found along the southern Himalayan foothills, eastern South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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