Nacunda Nighthawk

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Nacunda Nighthawk
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Podager
Species: P. nacunda
Binomial name
Podager nacunda
(Vieillot, 1817)

The Nacunda Nighthawk (Podager nacunda) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Podager. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

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