Order: Apodiformes | Family: Caprimulgidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Southeast Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia
Status: The Lyre-tailed Nightjar is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1300-2400 m. It also occurs at similar elevations in the humid forest of Piura and Cajamarca on the west slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Chotacabras Cola de Lira.
Sub-species: Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra peruana), Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1906.
Meaning of Name: Uropsalis: Gr. Oura= tail and psalidos= pair of scissors, shears. lyra: L. lura= lyre.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.