Standard-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus longipennis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The standard-winged nightjar is a nocturnal bird in the nightjar family. Previously placed with the pennant-winged nightjar in their own genus, Macrodipteryx, it is native to Africa and displays extreme sexual dimorphism. During the breeding season, males will grow broad ornamental flight feathers longer than their body.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Caprimulgus