Jamaican poorwill
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Jamaican poorwill. | |
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S. americana
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Siphonorhis americana (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The Jamaican poorwill (Siphonorhis americana), also known as the Jamaican pauraque or Jamaican least pauraqué, is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is critically endangered or possibly already extinct due to a combination of introduced predators and habitat destruction.[1]
File:Siphonorhis.americanus.JPG
An illustration of a specimen, from 1725 (top left)
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