Birds of Ecuador

    CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)  
Genus: Systellura (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Band-winged Nightjar
Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris ruficervix)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Band-winged Nightjar
Band-winged Nightjar (Systellura longirostris ruficervix)
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found up to 3000m. Note male only has white on corners of tail and white half-collar below throat.


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