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A new species of nightjar from Zaïre
Author(s) -
LOUETTE M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1990.tb01054.x
Subject(s) - plumage , feather , zoology , wing , biology , morphology (biology) , geography , physics , thermodynamics
Prigogine's Nightjar Caprimulgus prigoginei is described from a single skin collected in 1955 in Itombwe, eastern Zaïre. The species is unknown in life. Because of its distinct morphology: rather stiff feathers, small tail/wing proportion, broad head, short rictal bristles and its speckled plumage, it is considered to be without close relatives.