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Yucatan Poorwill
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Yucatan Poorwill
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
The Yucatan poorwill (Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the entire Yucatán Peninsula region except on the north coast, in a 50 km wide coastal strip that extends 700 km; the species ranges to south-central Belize, northeasternmost Guatemala, and southern regions Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19642.