Pygmy Nightjar | Animalz

Pygmy NightjarThe Pygmy Nightjar is endemic to eastern Brazil. A study reports that it uses stony or gravelly ground in the Caatinga and rocky outcrops in Atlantic Forest sites for roosting and nesting. Plumage varies among subspecies.What does it look like?The nominate subspecies has light gray-brown upperparts; the other subspecies compared in the paper are paler or darker.How does it live?The Pygmy Nightjar is endemic to eastern Brazil. A study reports that it uses stony or gravelly ground in the Caatinga and rocky outcrops in Atlantic Forest sites for roosting and nesting. Plumage varies among subspecies.At the eastern Brazilian study sites, it roosted and nested on gravelly or stony ground in Caatinga and on rocky outcrops in Atlantic Forest.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.