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Todd's Nightjar
- Scientific name
- Setopagis heterura
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Broad
- Tail shape
- Rounded
Where it came from
Todd's nightjar, scientifically classified as Setopagis heterura, was historically categorized as a subspecies of the band-winged nightjar before taxonomic revisions moved it toward its current status. It is native to the Cerrado and surrounding regions of South America, evolving to thrive in open habitats where its cryptic plumage provides essential camouflage against the forest floor during daylight hours.
The species is named in honor of the American ornithologist Walter Edmond Clyde Todd, a long-time curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Todd was instrumental in documenting avian diversity across the Americas, and his extensive collection work helped establish the morphological distinctions between various nightjar populations, including the broad wings and rounded tail characteristic of this specific bird.
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