Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Caprimulgidae
Genus
Uropsalis
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra

Benjamin Van Doren
Version: 1.0 — Published August 29, 2014

References

Introduction

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BirdLife International. 2014. Species factsheet: Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 1 May 2014.

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Bonaparte, C.L. 1850. Conspectus generum avium. Volume 1. E.J. Brill.

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Greeney, H.F., and P.B. Wetherwax. 2005. Brooding behaviour and nestling growth of the Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra. Cotinga 23: 44-47.

Han, K., M.B. Robbins, and M.J. Braun. 2010. A multi-gene estimate of phylogeny in the nightjars and nighthawks (Caprimulgidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 443-453.

Hilty, S.L. 2003. Birds of Venezuela. Second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

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Mazar Barnett, J., G. Pugnali, and M. della Seta. 1998. Notas sobre la presencia y hábitos de Uropsalis lyra en la Argentina. Cotinga 9: 61–63.

Olrog, C.C. 1975. Uropsalis lyra nueva para la fauna argentina (Aves: Caprimulgidae). Neotrópica 21: 147-148.

Parker, T.A., III, D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick. 1996. Ecological and distributional databases. Pages 113-436 in D.F. Stotz, J.W. Fitzpatrick, T.A. Parker III, and D.K. Moskovits, Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Ridgely, R.S., and P.J. Greenfield. 2001. The birds of Ecuador: status, distribution, and taxonomy. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Sigurdsson, S., and J. Cracraft. 2014. Deciphering the diversity and history of New World nightjars (Aves: Caprimulgidae) using molecular phylogenetics. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 506-545.

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Recommended Citation

Van Doren, B. (2014). Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.lytnig1.01
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