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 LC    Nubian Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Caprimulgus nubicus Vagrant

Description (10)
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lichtenstein, 1823

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna, temperate grassland. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel (B), Jordan (NB), Kenya, Saudi Arabia (B), Somalia, Sudan, Yemen (B).

Vagrant to Oman.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

 
Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) [XC746370]
     by Yoav Perlman from Al Arida, Jazan, Saudi Arabia (song)

 
Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) [XC746369]
     by Gregory Askew from Al Arida, Jazan, Saudi Arabia (song)

Subspecies
Birds from desert regions between Mt Kilimanjaro and Tsavo formerly placed in subspecies taruensis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • tamaricis Tristram, 1864   -  Israel and Jordan south to south-western Saudi Arabia (including one record from Farasan Is) and south-western and southern Yemen; some birds winter in coastal Sudan and Eritrea to north-western Somalia.
  • nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823   -  Central Sudan.
  • torridus Lort Phillips, 1898   -  Somalia, central Ethiopia, Kenya and possibly north-eastern Uganda.
  • jonesi Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, HO, 1899   -  Socotra.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) - 10 files


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