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RUFOUS NIGHTJAR Antrostomus rufus
Of the commoner nightjars in Paraguay the Rufous is without doubt the most frustrating of all. The southern equivalent of the North American Chuck Will´s Widow Caprimulgus carolinensis, they call a lot, but do so from the sanctity of a high tree branch, usually with dense undergrowth below - that way you know exactly where they are (more or less!) but can´t get close enough to get a good luck!. Formerly classified in the genus Caprimulgus.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE546PH) Adult, Jejui-Mi, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Rob Clay 1992).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE547PH) Adult, PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith November 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE548PH) Same individual as (FPAVE547PH) (Paul Smith November 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2638PH) Adult, PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith April 2011).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3207PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Kevin Guest February 2012).
VIDEO  - (FPAVE549VI) Same individual as (FPAVE547PH - FPAVE548PH) (Paul Smith November 2010).
Caprimulgus rufus
1 (FPAVE550RE) High intensity calling  recorded Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
2 (FPAVE551RE) Calls  recorded Yaguarete Forest, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
3 (FPAVE552RE) Calls  recorded Yaguarete Forest, Departamento San Pedro (Myriam Velázquez August 2000).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
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