Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus)

Other Names (World)
Slender-tailed Nightjar, Reichenow's Nightjar

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1892

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the].

Djibouti, Ethiopia and south-eastern Sudan south to Tanzania.

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 LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus) [XC424342]
by Lars Lachmann from Ngorongoro, Arusha Region, Tanzania (song)

Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus) [XC436062]
by isaac kilusu from kwakilusu,oloitoktok, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Mozambique Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii), and these two form superspecies with Long-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus). All have frequently been separated in genus Scotornis. Northern populations formerly awarded separate subspecies, apatelius.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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