Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
31 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1820

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Algeria (B), Gibraltar, Guinea-bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (B), Portugal (B), Spain (B), Tunisia (B), Western Sahara.

Vagrant to Burkina Faso, C�te dIvoire, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Denmark, France, Ghana, Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta, Nigeria, Senegal, United Kingdom.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 130,000 - 1,500,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (130)...)

Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) [XC732640]
by Jo\u00e3o Tom\u00e1s from Torre D'Aires,Luz de Tavira, Tavira, Faro District, Portugal (song)

Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus) [XC835774]
by Esperanza Poveda from Valle del Guadiato (near Villaviciosa de C\u00f3rdoba), C\u00f3rdoba, Andaluc\u00eda, Spain (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ruficollis Temminck, 1820 - Spain, Portugal and northern Morocco.
desertorum Erlanger, 1899 - North-eastern Morocco, northern Algeria (south to Great Atlas Mts) and northern Tunisia.

References
See References.

Files:

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