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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
15/05/2024 06:33:29 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Star-spotted Nightjar*
Id (Atlas):
Caprimulgus stellatus
Vagrant
Description (10 )
Star-spotted Nightjar
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Size
23 cm
First Described (Guide )
Blundell & Lovat, 1899
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, hot desert. From sea-level - 1,980 m.
Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan.
Vagrant to Somalia.
North-western Somalia, Djibouti, central and southern Ethiopia, south-eastern Sudan and north-west, northern and central Kenya.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Listen to XC799547
Star-spotted Nightjar (Caprimulgus stellatus ) [XC799547 ]
by id from Kalacha, Maikona, Marsabit County, Kenya (song)
Subspecies
Possibly forms superspecies with Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus ). Birds from lake region of southern Ethiopia formerly separated as subspecies simplex .
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Star-spotted Nightjar see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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