The Story
I photographed this Spot-tailed Nightjar (Antiurus maculicaudus) at Finca la Reserva de Ecoflora, near Monterrey in Casanare, Colombia. The outer tail feathers carry two or three large white spots, and only the male has white tips on them. One South American population is centered in eastern Colombia and reaches into western Venezuela, and in Colombia it lives below about 400 meters. It feeds by flying up from the ground or in low, slow flight. IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
I made this frame with a Canon R5 and the RF 800mm f/11, at 1/45 sec, f/11, ISO 3200, −0.5 EV. Monterrey, in the foothills of the Eastern Cordillera about 105 kilometers from Yopal, was founded on September 6, 1953, and became a municipality in 1960.
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The bird
The Spot-tailed Nightjar (Antiurus maculicaudus) belongs to the family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Allies) in the eBird/Clements taxonomy.
Source: eBird.org (opens in a new tab)
Conservation
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2020), with the population trend listed as stable (listed by IUCN as Hydropsalis maculicaudus). Source: IUCN Red List