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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
21/05/2024 10:40:44 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Brown Nightjar*
Id (Atlas):
Veles binotatus
Description (10 )
Brown Nightjar
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Other Names (World)
Brown Nightjar, Dusky Nightjar(!)
Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Size
22 - 23 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest.
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia.
Liberia discontinuously east to central Zaire, where restricted to rainforest zone.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)... )
Listen to XC176788
Brown Nightjar (Veles binotatus ) [XC176788 ]
by Brian Cox from Kakum Nationalpark, Ghana (call)
Listen to XC241438
Brown Nightjar (Veles binotatus ) [XC241438 ]
by Brian Cox from Rhoko Forest (Cercopan), Iko Esai, Cross River., Nigeria (song)
Subspecies
Current treatment requires further study. Formerly split off in monotypic genus Veles , and notable morphological peculiarities suggest that this may indeed be appropriate.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Brown Nightjar see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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