Tschudi's Nightjar
Systellura decussata (Tschudi, 1844)
Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
Tschudi's Nightjar is a nightjar found in western Peru and extreme northern Chile, where it lives in arid lowland and foothill country. It also occurs in open ground, clearings, woodland edges and some urban places, including Lima. The bird is mainly greyish brown and marked with blackish speckles. Males show a broad tawny or cinnamon band on the back of the neck, a small white throat patch, white wing bars and white markings on the tail. Females have a buff throat and wing bars, and the tail usually lacks white.
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
- Breeding range
- South America: w Peru and n Chile
