Lyre-tailed nightjar | |
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Male in NW Ecuador | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Genus: | Uropsalis |
Species: | U. lyra
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Binomial name | |
Uropsalis lyra (Bonaparte, 1850)
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Synonyms | |
Hydropsalis lyra |
The lyre-tailed nightjar (Uropsalis lyra) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.[2]