Abstract
Abstract: The first observations of Long-trained Nightjar Macropsalis forcipata in Paraguay are documented, confirming speculation that the species was likely to occur in the country.
Highlights
On 23 September 2014 a male was seen briefly by HH as it flushed from a roadside at the Zanja de Pirapó, Departamento Itapúa, Paraguay (26°43'32.6"S / 55°34'00.8"W)
The Long-trained Nightjar Macropsalis forcipata is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (Espirito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul) and Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina (Cleere 1999, Cleere & Nurney 1998)
The species was first documented for Argentina in 1973 (Olrog 1973), but on the basis of numerous recent records across Misiones Province it has been suggested that it is in expansion, facilitated by human alteration of native forest and that records in neighbouring Paraguay should be expected (Bodrati & Cockle 2012)
Summary
On 23 September 2014 a male was seen briefly by HH as it flushed from a roadside at the Zanja de Pirapó, Departamento Itapúa, Paraguay (26°43'32.6"S / 55°34'00.8"W). The Long-trained Nightjar Macropsalis forcipata is endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (Espirito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul) and Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina (Cleere 1999, Cleere & Nurney 1998). The species was first documented for Argentina in 1973 (Olrog 1973), but on the basis of numerous recent records across Misiones Province it has been suggested that it is in expansion, facilitated by human alteration of native forest and that records in neighbouring Paraguay should be expected (Bodrati & Cockle 2012).
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