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 LC    Indian Nightjar* Id (Atlas):
    Caprimulgus asiaticus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Indian Nightjar, Common Indian Nightjar, Southern Common Indian Nightjar, Little Indian Nightjar

Family
Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
Latham, 1790

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland and forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Cambodia, India (B) (NB), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (P), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Afghanistan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (57)...)

 
Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus) [XC758305]
     by Sander Pieterse from Payyavoor, Kannur, Kerala, India (song)

 
Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus) [XC746049]
     by Dinesh Chaudhary from Madathoor, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India (uncertain)

Subspecies
In past, sometimes considered conspecific with Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • asiaticus Latham, 1790   -  South-eastern Pakistan and India to southern Thailand and southern Indochina.
  • eidos Peters, JL, 1940   -  Sri Lanka.
  • siamensis Meyer de Schauensee, 1934   -  Northern Thailand.



References
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Files:
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