Band-winged Nightjar

Taxonomy

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Family

Caprimulgidae

Genus

Systellura

eBird Code

bawnig1

Vocalizations

Subspecies (8)

• Systellura longirostris atripunctata

  Andes of Peru to Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and northern Chile

• Systellura longirostris bifasciata

  Chile and western Argentina; southernmost populations are migratory, migrating to northern Argentina

• Systellura longirostris longirostris

  southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina

• Systellura longirostris mochaensis

  islas Mocha and Ascensión (Archipiélago de las Guaitecas, just off central and south-central Chile, respectively)

• Systellura longirostris patagonica

  breeds central and southern Argentina; southernmost populations are migratory, migrating to northeastern Argentina and Paraguay

• Systellura longirostris pedrolimai

  northeastern Brazil

• Systellura longirostris roraimae

  tepuis of southern Venezuela

• Systellura longirostris ruficervix

  Andes from western Venezuela and Colombia southward to northern Peru (Cajamarca)