Australasian Nightjars
Eurostopodus
Eurostopodus is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. This genus is distinctive among the Old World nightjars in lacking long rictal bristles. It also shows some features that are not shared with Caprimulginae and Chordeilinae, like having a larger size or the variable presence of ear-tufts, juveniles showing rufous plumage, long incubation periods and brown-reds and black spotted eggs.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
White-throated Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus mystacalis
Spotted Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus argus
Diabolical Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus diabolicus
Solomons Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus nigripennis
Papuan Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus papuensis
Archbold's Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus archboldi
New Caledonian Nightjar
speciesEurostopodus exul
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19540.