Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Red-necked Nightjar*
Id (Atlas):
Caprimulgus ruficollis
Description (10 )
Red-necked Nightjar
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Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Size
31 cm
First Described (Guide )
Temminck, 1820
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.
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).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (130)... )
Listen to XC730357
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ) [XC730357 ]
by Nelson Concei\u00e7\u00e3o from Monegros (near Valfarta), Huesca, Arag\u00f3n, Spain (call, flight call, interaction, tiny calls in flight, wing flapping)
Listen to XC661939
Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ) [XC661939 ]
by Jordi Calvet from Cinca Medio (near Monz\u00f3n), Huesca, Arag\u00f3n, Spain (song)
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.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Red-necked Nightjar see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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