Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis) [XC508754]
by Dries Van de Loock from Nyachisala Forest, Kakoma, Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, Zambia (song)
Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis) [XC338997]
by Peter Boesman from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (song)
Subspecies
Nominate incorporates possible subspecies: chadensis (Sahel zone south to western Uganda); gabonensis (west-central Africa); fulviventris (Angola); carpi (Caprivi Strip, Namibia); and mpusa (Zambia).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
natalensis Smith, 1845 - Very patchily from eastern Gambia to south-western Ethiopia and south to eastern South Africa.
accrae Shelley, 1875 - Coastal strip from north-central Sierra Leone to western Cameroon.