pauraque

/pow rah"kay/; Sp. /pow rddah"ke/, n., pl. pauraques /-kayz/; Sp. /-kes/.

a large, tropical American goatsucker, Nyctidromus albicollis.

[1905-10; presumably Hispanicized sp. of a word < a language of tropical America]

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▪ bird

also spelled  Parauque,  also called  Cuejo 

      (Nyctidromus albicollis), nocturnal bird of brushlands from southern Texas to northern Argentina. It is a relative of the nightjar (q.v.), belonging to the family Caprimulgidae. The pauraque is about 30 cm (about 12 inches) long, with rounded wings and a longish tail. It is mottled brown with a bold white bar on each wing; in the male the outer tail feathers are white.

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