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○ ← CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae (Nightjars) →

Genus: Caprimulgus (38 species)

Egyptian Nightjar

Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius aegyptius)
Range: PAL, AF: nw AF to sc Asia
Kuwait

Photograph by Mohd Khorshed Copyright and usage info


Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis stictomus) Range: OR, AU: widespread Taiwan
Photograph by Sammy Sam Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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Andaman Nightjar (Caprimulgus andamanicus) Range: OR: Andaman Is.


Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus eidos) Range: OR: se Pakistan to se Asia Sri Lanka
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Jerdon's Nightjar (Caprimulgus atripennis aequabilis) Range: OR: s, e India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.

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Bates's Nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi) Range: AF: Cameroon to Uganda and e DR Congo

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Sulawesi Nightjar (Caprimulgus celebensis) Range: AU: Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi)


Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to c Tanzania Lake Baringo, Kenya
Photograph by Dave Curtis Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.


Long-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus) Male Range: AF: c, wc, w The Gambia
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 License. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, and to adapt the work under the following conditions: You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work) If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

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Bonaparte's Nightjar (Caprimulgus concretus) Vulnerable Range: OR: Sumatra, Belitung (e of s Sumatra) and Borneo


Donaldson Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni) Male Range: AF: e Ethiopia and nw Somalia to ne Tanzania Yabello, Ethiopia
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.


European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) Range: PAL: w, c Turkey
Photograph by Dûrzan cîrano Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius simplicior) Range: AF: ne, nc, w , Podor, Senegal
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Square-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii) Range: AF: sc, se Kumbali Country Lodge, Malawi
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Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) Range: AF: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia to ne Tanzania

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Chirruping Nightjar (Caprimulgus griseatus) Range: OR: Philippines

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Jungle Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) Range: OR: India and Sri Lanka

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Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) Range: AF: Mauritania and n Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia, also sw Arabian Pen.


Grey Nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka hazarae) Range: OR: Himalayas to e, se Asia Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) Male Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Liberia, e to sw Sudan and Uganda Mole National Park, Ghana
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.


Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus bimaculatus) Range: OR, AU: e India to n Australia, New Guinea region and Bismarck Arch. Changkat Jong, Malaysia
Photograph by Wokoti © All Rights Reserved.


Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis madagascariensis) Female Range: AF: Aldabra (sw Seychelles) and Madagascar Ivato, Madagascar
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Sykes's Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis) Range: PAL: se Iran, s Afghanistan, sub-Himalayan Pakistan and far w India Little Rann of Kutch, Kutch, india
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Philippine Nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis) Range: OR: Philippines (except Palawan group)

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Mees's Nightjar (Caprimulgus meesi) Range: OR: Sumba, Flores, Alor and Pantar (sw, c Lesser Sundas)

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Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis) Range: AF: widespread

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Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) Range: AF: ne, n, also w, sw Arabian Pen.


Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis shelleyi) Range: AF: w, s, se, sc Luita, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) Male Range: AF: w, s, se, sc Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
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Palau Nightjar (Caprimulgus phalaena) Near Threatened Range: OR: Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia)


Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus ruwenzorii) Range: AF: sw Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia to Zambia and c Angola Bwindi, Ruhija, Uganda
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Prigogine's Nightjar (Caprimulgus prigoginei) Endangered Range: AF: e DR Congo

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Salvadori's Nightjar (Caprimulgus pulchellus) Near Threatened Range: OR: montane Sumatra and Java

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Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) Near Threatened Range: PAL, AF: Iberian Pen. to nw AF


Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena) Range: AF: s South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Nechisar Nightjar (Caprimulgus solala) Vulnerable Range: AF: s Ethiopia


Star-spotted Nightjar (Caprimulgus stellatus) Range: AF: Ethiopia and Somalia to c Kenya Awash National Park, Ethiopia
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Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma tristigma) Range: AF: widespread Lake Mburo, Uganda
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Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) Male Range: AF: Angola, s DR Congo and sw Tanzania s to Namibia, Botswana and e South Africa Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) Male Range: AF: Angola, s DR Congo and sw Tanzania s to Namibia, Botswana and e South Africa Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) Female Range: AF: Angola, s DR Congo and sw Tanzania s to Namibia, Botswana and e South Africa Mburo NP, Uganda
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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