Dusky Nightjar
Antrostomus saturatus Salvin, 1870
Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
Dusky Nightjar, Antrostomus saturatus, is a nightjar of Middle America, breeding in Costa Rica and western Panama. It was described by Salvin in 1870 and belongs to the family Caprimulgidae in the order Caprimulgiformes. The species is scattered through the highlands of Costa Rica and is known in Panama only from Volcán Barú in Chiriquí Province. It lives at 1,500 to 3,100 m in the margins and clearings of humid montane forest. The adult male has sooty black upperparts with reddish cinnamon markings, and the female is similar but more reddish overall.
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and w Panama
