†Caprimulgus piurensis Campbell 1979 (nightjar)
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Aves - Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Full reference: K. E. Campbell. 1979. The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contribution 118:1-203
Belongs to Caprimulgus according to K. E. Campbell 1979
Sister taxa: Caprimulgus aegyptius, Caprimulgus europaeus, Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Type specimen: ROM 12894, a limb element (left coracoid). Its type locality is Talara Tar Seeps, which is in a Pleistocene tar horizon in Peru.
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: found only at Talara Tar Seeps
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