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Yucatan Nightjar

Antrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 1908

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Antrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 1908
Name authority
Bangs & Peck, 1908
Common name
Yucatan Nightjar
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Caprimulgidae
Genus
Antrostomus
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderCaprimulgiformes
  10. familyCaprimulgidae
  11. genusAntrostomus Bonaparte, 1838
  12. speciesAntrostomus badius Bangs & Peck, 1908

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Antrostomus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Puerto Rican NightjarAntrostomus noctitherus (Wetmore, 1919)CaprimulgidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tawny-collared NightjarAntrostomus salvini (Hartert, 1892)CaprimulgidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Silky-tailed NightjarAntrostomus sericocaudatus Cassin, 1849CaprimulgidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatus Salvin, 1870CaprimulgidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 56 records assigned to Caprimulgidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Caprimulgus badius (Bangs & Peck, 1908) (Bangs & Peck, 1908)synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Middle America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1077355 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:F4MX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.