Great Eared-nightjar

Order - Caprimulgiformes
Family - Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Great Eared-nightjar

Lyncornis macrotis

毛腿夜鹰 (máo-tuǐ yè-yīng) / 毛腿耳夜鹰 (máo-tuǐ ěr-yè-yīng)

    Malay : Taptibau Besar

    Japanese : オオミミヨタカ (ō mimi yo-taka)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 大耳夜鷹 / 大耳怪鴟 / 大耳蚊母鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 13,400,000km²

    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 31–40 cm; 125–151 g (macrotis)

    Subspecies (5) and Distribution

    EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

    Great Eared-Nightjar (Great) Lyncornis macrotis cerviniceps/bourdilloni

• Lyncornis macrotis bourdilloni (Hume, 1875)
  – SW India.
• Lyncornis macrotis cerviniceps (Gould, 1838)
  – Bangladesh and NE India E to extreme S China (Yunnan) and S through SE Asia to N Malaysia.

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Great Eared-Nightjar (Simeulue) Lyncornis macrotis jacobsoni

• Lyncornis macrotis jacobsoni (Junge, 1936)
  – Simeulue I (off NW Sumatra).

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Great Eared-Nightjar (Philippine) Lyncornis macrotis macrotis

• Lyncornis macrotis macrotis (Vigors, 1831)
  – N and E Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Dinagat, Siargao, Mindanao, Basilan).

    EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

    Great Eared-Nightjar (Sulawesi) Lyncornis macrotis macropterus

• Lyncornis macrotis macropterus (Bonaparte, 1850)
  – Talaud Is, Sangihe, N and C Sulawesi, Banggai Is and Sula Is.

Distribution Map

Lyncornis macrotis ssp. cerviniceps
Date : 20 October 2018

Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, 
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Lyncornis macrotis ssp. cerviniceps
Date : 20 October 2018

Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, 
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Lyncornis macrotis ssp. cerviniceps
Date : 20 October 2018
Location : Air Hitam Dalam Educational Forest, Sungai Dua, 
Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang