Birds of the World

    CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)  
Genus: Eleothreptus (2 species)


Sickle-winged Nightjar
Sickle-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus anomalus) Vulnerable
Range: SA: se Brazil; se Paraguay to c Argentina and Uruguay
Reserva de Santa Maria, Corrientes, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Graham Ekins   © All Rights Reserved.

Found near marshes.

White-winged Nightjar
White-winged Nightjar (Eleothreptus candicans) Vulnerable
Range: SA: n Bolivia and sc Brazil and e Paraguay
Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Normally silent, except possibly when displaying for female during breeding season (Wikipedia). Often found around termite mounds (Cornell).


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