Square-tailed Nightjar
type: Thing
alternate name: Caprimulgus fossii
alternate name: Scotornis fossi
alternate name: Gabon nightjar
description: species of bird
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    score pct: 2
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  lang: es
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value:
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value label: Africa

value: QSNG
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confidence: 0.2

value: Caprimulgus+fossii
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confidence: 0.2

source count: 0
confidence: 0.0

source: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
stated in qid: Q1531570

retrieved: 2022-00-00

retrieved: 2022-00-00

source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
stated in qid: Q82575
pub year: 1998
retrieved: 2013-09-19

source: Freebase Data Dumps
stated in qid: Q15241312
pub year: 2013

source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3
stated in qid: Q110235407
retrieved: 2021-12-27

source: IUCN Red List
stated in qid: Q32059
retrieved: 2016-07-10

source: Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information
stated in qid: Q12159796
retrieved: 2015-11-14

source: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
stated in qid: Q1531570
retrieved: 2015-05-23

source: World Register of Marine Species
stated in qid: Q604063
retrieved: 2014-11-14

source: eBird Taxonomy v2019
stated in qid: Q84239868
retrieved: 2020-02-02

source: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
stated in qid: Q51885189
retrieved: 2018-05-28

source: Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.6
stated in qid: Q124708476
retrieved: 2024-03-13

source: IOC World Bird List Version 6.3
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 7.2
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 6.4
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 7.1
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 7.3
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 8.1
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source: HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2
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source: eBird Taxonomy v2018
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source: Clements Checklist of Birds of the World
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 8.2
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 9.1
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 9.2
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source: HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3
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source: HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 10.1
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source: Clements Checklist v2019
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source: IOC World Bird List Version 10.2
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