Collared nightjar

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Collared nightjar
Collared nightjar (Gactornis enarratus) with two chicks, Andasibe National Park, Madagascar.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Gactornis
Han, Robbins & Braun, M, 2010
Species:
G. enarratus
Binomial name
Gactornis enarratus
(Gray, GR, 1871)
Synonyms

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

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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1871). "On a new species of Caprimulgus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series. 8: 428-429 [428].
  4. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 214.
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Gactornis". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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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