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 LC    Egyptian Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Caprimulgus aegyptius Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lichtenstein, 1823

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, temperate grassland.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Algeria (B), Bahrain (P), Chad, Egypt (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel, Jordan (B), Kazakhstan (B), Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (B), Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Tajikistan (B), Tunisia (B), Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Yemen.

Vagrant to China (mainland), Denmark, Eritrea, Germany, Italy, Malta, Niger, Somalia, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, United Kingdom.

Unknown to Western Sahara.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

 
Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) [XC237015]
     by Oscar Campbell from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (song)

 
Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) [XC799096]
     by id from El Gouera, Zagora Province, Dr\u00e2a-Tafilalet, Morocco (song)

Subspecies
Asian populations (east of Syria) sometimes separated as subspecies arenicolor, but variation is clinal, with birds increasing in size towards east.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • saharae Erlanger, 1899   -  Central and east-central Morocco, northern (and occasionally south) Algeria, central Tunisia, probably north-western Libya, and possibly eastern towards northern Egypt. Winters in western Sahel.
  • aegyptius Lichtenstein, 1823   -  North-eastern Egypt and northern Arabian Peninsula, east to extreme central-western China, north-eastern Kazakhstan, Tadjikistan, extreme western Pakistan and south-eastern Iran. Winters in eastern Sahel.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) - 10 files


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