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 LC    Golden Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Caprimulgus eximius

Description (10)
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
23 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Temminck, 1826

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland and shrubland, hot desert. From sea-level - 600 m.

Range (Guide)
Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan.

Vagrant to Nigeria.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius) [XC322341]
     by Marc Thibault from Diabel, Khelkom, Senegal (song)

 
Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius) [XC294918]
     by Guy Kirwan from Rosso, Trarza, Mauritania (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • simplicior Hartert, 1921   -  Southern Mauritania and northern Senegal east to central Chad.
  • eximius Temminck, 1826   -  Central Sudan.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius) - 10 files


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