Biology:Sombre nightjar

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Short description: Species of bird

Sombre nightjar
Sombre Nightjar JM.jpg
at Gilgil, Kenya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species:
C. fraenatus
Binomial name
Caprimulgus fraenatus
Salvadori, 1884

The sombre nightjar or dusky nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is native to East Africa.

Specimen at Nairobi National Museum

References

Wikidata ☰ Q838348 entry