Kingdom Animalia Order Caprimulgiformes Genus Setopagis Higher classification Caprimulgus | Phylum Chordata Family Caprimulgidae Scientific name Setopagis maculosa Rank Species | |
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Similar Prigogine's nightjar, Bates's nightjar, Donaldson Smith's nightjar, Roraiman nightjar, Bonaparte's nightjar | ||
The Cayenne nightjar (Setopagis maculosa) is only known from a single specimen, a male taken on the Fleuve Mana, French Guiana in 1917. However, a possible female was caught at the Saül airstrip, French Guiana in 1982.
This is a small, brown variegated neotropical nightjar, 22.5 cm (8.9 in) in length. It is known only from a single specimen of a male. The upperparts are greyish-brown, and it the crown and nape are broadly streaked blackish-brown. A narrow, indistinct tawny collar can be seen on the hindneck. The wing-coverts are greyish-brown heavily spotted buff; the scapulars are blackish-brown, broadly edged buff. There are large white patched on either side of lower throat. The buff underparts are heavily barred brown.
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