Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)

Other Names (World)
Black-shouldered Nightjar, Dusky Nightjar(!)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
23 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1893

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda.

Vagrant to Gambia, Togo.

Patchily from Gambia, Senegal and western Sierra Leone east through Nigeria and Cameroon to south-eastern Sudan and western Kenya, and south to Congo and south-western Zaire.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis) [XC514055]
by Nature sounds by Simply Birding from Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (song)

Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis) [XC397374]
by Timo Janhonen from Babanki, Mezam, Northwest, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) and Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include nigriscapularis as a subspecies of Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis).

Often considered conspecific with Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis). These two form superspecies with Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus) and Ruwenzori Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruwenzorii).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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