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Hispaniolan Nightjar
05 29 029 Caprimulgus ekmani m
Male
Information
Common Name Hispaniolan Nightjar
Range Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Caprimulgiformes
Family Caprimulgidae
Genus Antrostomus
Species Antrostomus ekmani
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Hispaniola nightjar (Antrostomus ekmani) is a species of nightjar that was previously considered a subspecies of the Greater Antillean nightjar. The IOC now consider it to be a distinct species. It is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic..

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