Known from the discs' own bird lists
White-winged Nightjar
caprimulgus candicans
Caprimulgidae,Caprimulginae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
19-21 cm. A small, pale nightjar. Upperparts and inner wing coverts pale gray- brown speckled, barred and streaked brown; crown with black spots; outer wing coverts white with brown edges and black spots; scapulars grayish-brown with black marks; broad submoustachial stripe light buff; a line of buff spots around the lower throat; breast gray brown tinged chestnut and tawny barred and speckled brown; rest of underparts white.
The female has no white in the plumage, and has the scapulars with more black marks and buff underparts; iris reddish brown.
The immature is like the adult but browner and less gray with no white in the wings and tail.
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Male Disc 1 · 2011 -
Female Disc 1 · 2011
Each plate is labelled with the disc's own caption.
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Calls of males are short undulating whistles. Females may utter a sharp "eck" ; males may produce a mechanical "grrrrrr.." at the beginning of sallies (Cleere N, Nightjars, Yale University Press New Haven and London, 1998).
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Crepuscular and nocturnal. Forages flying low over cerrado usually about 1 - 2 meters above the ground; also makes short sallies from the ground or a low perch.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Possibly extinct in Estado São Paulo (119). In open savannah and grassland, cerrado. Sea level - 200 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Occured inland in Estado São Paulo. Historically at Orissanga (119).
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
In flight the male has white wings and a mostly white tail.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero- Disc 1 · 2011
aux_nonzero
The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd