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Papuan Nightjar
Eurostopodus papuensis (Schlegel, 1866)
Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
Papuan Nightjar, Eurostopodus papuensis, is a nightjar of New Guinea and Salawati in the Raja Ampat Islands, where it breeds in Australasia. It belongs to the Caprimulgidae family and was described by Schlegel in 1866. The bird is also known as the Papuan eared-nightjar. Its range includes New Guinea and nearby islands. It occurs in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and in subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Salawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea) and New Guinea
