Collared nightjar
| Collared nightjar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Gactornis Han, Robbins & Braun, M, 2010 |
| Species: | G. enarratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gactornis enarratus (Gray, GR, 1871)
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| Synonyms | |
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Caprimulgus enarratus | |
The collared nightjar (Gactornis enarratus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The collared nightjar was formally described in 1871 by the English zoologist George Gray with the binomial name Caprimulgus enarratus based on a specimen collected in Madagascar.[3][4] The specific epithet is Latin meaning "explained in detail".[5]
A molecular phylogenetic study by Kin-Lan Han and collaborators published in 2010 found that the collared nightjar was not closely related to any other species of nightjar. The authors therefore introduced a new genus Gactornis to accommodate the species. The genus name combines the four single letter abbreviations for the DNA nucleotides (G, A, C, T for guanine, adenine, cytosine, thymine) and the Ancient Greek word ornis meaning "bird".[6] The species in monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Gactornis enarratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22690000A93256391. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690000A93256391.en. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Cleere, N. (1999). "Family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 302-387 [376]. ISBN 978-84-87334-25-2.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1871). "On a new species of Caprimulgus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series. 8: 428-429 [428].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 214.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Gactornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
- ^ Han, K.-L.; Robbins, M.B.; Braun, M.J. (2010). "A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 443–453. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.023.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Frogmouths, Oilbird, potoos, nightjars". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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