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) [XC568038]
by Leconte Michel from Marjal dels Moros (Sagunt), Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain (song, two different rhythms)
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) [XC822119]
by Esperanza Poveda from Torre D'Aires,Luz de Tavira, Tavira, Faro District, Portugal (call)
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.