Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis)

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
21 - 22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shaw, 1796)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda.

Vagrant to Somalia.

Gambia and western Liberia through central Cameroon and northern Zaire to south-western Sudan, northern Uganda and possibly north-western Kenya; present in dry season in coastal strip from eastern Liberia to western Cameroon, and in south-eastern Uganda (Dec-Mar), but breeding not confirmed in these areas. Winters in Sahel zone north of breeding range.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)...)

Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) [XC718944]
by id from Mole National Park, Ghana (call)

Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) [XC288636]
by Paul Lenrum\u00e9 from Bugungu Airstrip, Murchinson Falls National Park, Uganda (call, song)

Subspecies
Genus formerly considered monotypic, with Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) separated from present species in genus Semeiophorus. However, despite the evident differences in morphology, the two species show notable similarities in vocalizations, breeding strategy, and some roosting and feeding �habits, as well as a number of morphological affinities, and so are probably best considered congeneric.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) - 10 files

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