Short-tailed nighthawk
The short-tailed nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps.Subspecies
The following subspecies are currently recognized:
- Lurocalis semitorquatus nattereri Temminck, 1822
- Lurocalis semitorquatus noctivagus Griswold, 1936
- Lurocalis semitorquatus schaeferi Phelps & W. H. Phelps Jr, 1952
- Lurocalis semitorquatus semitorquatus Gmelin, 1789
- Lurocalis semitorquatus stonei Huber, 1923
