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 LC    Rufous-cheeked Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Caprimulgus rufigena Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1845

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Sudan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

 
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena) [XC516074]
     by Tony Archer from Faan Meintjes Nature Reserve (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)

 
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena) [XC496879]
     by Tony Archer from JB Marks Local Municipality, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) and Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), and formerly considered conspecific with Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus). In the past, birds of Angola occasionally separated as subspecies quanzae, but probably not ­distinct from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • damarensis Strickland, 1853   -  Coastal western Angola, Namibia (except coastal region), Botswana and north-western South Africa.
  • rufigena Smith, 1845   -  South Africa, Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; possibly also southern Mozambique and southern Angola.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena) - 10 files


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