Species profile
Asio fasciata
Asio fasciata
Quick answer
REMARK. — The specimen of the SMF bird skeletons collection (SMF 12170) is attributed to A. fasciata spilogaster (Bonaparte, 1850), thus has to be referred to A. spilogaster, and A. fasciata is excluded from the Burkina Faso Checklist.
- Scientific name
- Asio fasciata
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Genus
- Asio
Recording Asio fasciata in your journal
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Related species in Caprimulgidae
- Andaman Nightjar (Caprimulgus andamanicus)
- Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii)
- Archbold's Nightjar (Eurostopodus archboldi)
- Asio spilogaster (Asio spilogaster)
- Bahian Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne vielliardi)
- Band-Tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
- Bates's Nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi)
- Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)