The brown Nightjar is known by its scientific name Caprimulgus rufus and its foreign name Bufous Nightjar.
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IUCN: LC
Caprimulgus rufus
Caprimulgus rufus，Bufous Nightjar
The brown Nightjar is known by its scientific name Caprimulgus rufus and its foreign name Bufous Nightjar.Protect wild animals and eliminate wild meat.Maintaining ecological balance is everyone's responsibility!
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Caprimulgus rufus，Bufous Nightjar
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LC
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Central America (located between North and South America, Including Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.), South America (including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and the Malvinas Islands (also known as the Falkland Islands))
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