Large-tailed nightjar

Large-tailed nightjar
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Genus:	Caprimulgus
Species:	C. macrurus
Binomial name
	Caprimulgus macrurus; (Horsfield, 1821)

The large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found along the southern Himalayan foothills, eastern South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia. This species is a resident of the countries of Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar")

References

at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Female C. m. bimaculatus in Narendrapur near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.
Large tailed nightjar, shot in Bharatpur. Dec 2011.
Large Tailed Nightjar clicked at Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary, West Bengal, India

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