Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Red-necked Nightjar*
Id (Atlas):
Caprimulgus ruficollis
Description (10 )
Red-necked Nightjar
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Size
31 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1820
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.
Algeria (B), Gibraltar, Guinea-bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco (B), Portugal (B), Spain (B), Tunisia (B), Western Sahara.
Vagrant to Burkina Faso, Côte dIvoire, Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska), Denmark, France, Ghana, Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malta, Nigeria, Senegal, United Kingdom.
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)... )
Listen to XC418802
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ) [XC418802 ]
by from El Segri\u00e0 (near Alf\u00e9s), Catalunya, Spain (song)
Listen to XC417674
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ) [XC417674 ]
by eloisa matheu from do\u00f1ana visitable, sevilla, 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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For more information about the Red-necked Nightjar see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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