Hispaniolan nightjar
The Hispaniola nightjar (Antrostomus ekmani), also known as the Hispaniolan nightjar, is a nightjar species endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
| Hispaniolan nightjar | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Antrostomus |
| Species: | A. ekmani |
| Binomial name | |
| Antrostomus ekmani (Lönnberg, 1929) | |
Taxonomy
It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Greater Antillean nightjar, along with the Cuban nightjar. The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) considers it to be a distinct species,[2] but the Clements and the American Ornithological Society taxonomies retain it as a subspecies.[3][4] However, this opinion is now changing, and A. ekmani is now more widely accepted as its own species.[5]
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), but is found much more commonly in the latter; it has only one disjunct population in Haiti, on the Tiburon Peninsula/Massif de la Hotte region.
References
- "Antrostomus ekmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2020). "IOC World Bird List (v 10.2)". Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 15, 2019
- "Check-list of North and Middle American Birds". American Ornithological Society. June 30, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
- "Antrostomus ekmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2015-01-01.