Image: Jamaican Poorwill

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Description: [The Jamaican pauraque, Jamaican poorwill, or Jamaican least-pauraqué (Siphonorhis americana or americanus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is critically endangered or quite possibly even already extinct due to introduced predators.] Error: Template:Lang-xx: text has italic markup (help)
Title: Jamaican Poorwill
Credit: Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). (https://archive.org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth) Moved from Commons
Author: George Edward Lodge (d. 1954)
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
License: PD-US
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