Biology:Long-tailed nightjar
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Short description: Species of bird
| Long-tailed nightjar | |
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| male C. c. climacurus Gambia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. climacurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Caprimulgus climacurus Vieillot, 1824
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The long-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in multiple African countries including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda .
It is favoured habitat on the ground where litters of trees, weeds and bushes providing suitable condition matching with its colour.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Caprimulgus climacurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22690008A93256751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22690008A93256751.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22690008/93256751. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q1186108 entry
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