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Eared Nightjars
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Eared Nightjars

Lyncornis

Lyncornis is a genus of nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae that are found is South and Southeast Asia. The English name "eared nightjar" refers to the two tufts of feathers on their head.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Great Eared-Nightjar

speciesLyncornis macrotis

Malaysian Eared Nightjar

speciesLyncornis temminckii

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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 201004.