Species profile—Caprimulgus macrurus (large-tailed nightjar)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Caprimulgidae (nightjars) → Caprimulgus macrurus (large-tailed nightjar)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Caprimulgidae (nightjars)
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821
- Common name
- large-tailed nightjar
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1975
- Alternate name(s)
- axe bird
white-tailed nightjar
hammer bird
carpenter bird - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1975
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.