The Timor nightjar (''Caprimulgus ritae'') is a species of
nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae and order Caprimulgiformes, characterised by long wings, short legs, and very short bills. They are sometimes called bugeaters, their primary source of food ...
in the family
Caprimulgidae. It is found in
Southeast Asia
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on the islands of
Timor
Timor (, , ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is Indonesia–Timor-Leste border, divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the ...
,
Rote
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and
Wetar
Wetar is a tropical island which belongs to the Indonesian province of Maluku and is the largest island of the Maluku Barat Daya Islands (literally ''Southwest Islands'') Regency of the Maluku Islands. It lies east of the Lesser Sunda Islands, ...
in the
Lesser Sunda Islands
The Lesser Sunda Islands (, , ), now known as Nusa Tenggara Islands (, or "Southeast Islands"), are an archipelago in the Indonesian archipelago. Most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the Wallacea region, except for the Bali pro ...
.
It was first described in 2024 by Ben King and collaborators under the
binomial name
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, altho ...
''Caprimulgus ritae''. The specific epithet ''ritae'' was chosen to honour Rita Bobbin, a friend of King. Genetic analysis found that it is most similar to
Mees's nightjar
Mees's nightjar (''Caprimulgus meesi'') is a member of the nightjar family (Caprimulgidae) described as new to science in 2004.
It is a representative of the large-tailed nightjar complex found on Flores and Sumba, Indonesia. Previously unrecogn ...
(''Capimulgus meesi'').
See also
*
List of bird species described in the 2020s
: ''See also parent article Bird species new to science''
This list shall only include newly recognized species and subspecies of birds (living as well as extinct) whose formal description was first published during the period from to . By defa ...
References
Caprimulgus
Birds described in 2024
Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Birds of Timor
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Fauna of Timor-Leste