Jamaican poorwill
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The Jamaican poorwill (Siphonorhis americana), also known as the Jamaican pauraque or Jamaican least pauraque, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is (or was) endemic to Jamaica and has not been recorded since 1860.[3][4]
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Jamaican poorwill | |
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Illustration by George Edward Lodge, 1907 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
Family: | Caprimulgidae |
Genus: | Siphonorhis |
Species: | S. americana |
Binomial name | |
Siphonorhis americana | |
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