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).
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) [XC799831]
by Francisco Molinero from Luz de Tavira (near Luz (Luz de Tavira)), Tavira, Faro, Portugal (song)
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus) [XC661939]
by Jordi Calvet from Cinca Medio (near Monz\u00f3n), Huesca, Arag\u00f3n, 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.