Biology:Long-tailed nightjar

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Short description: Species of bird

Long-tailed nightjar
Long-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus climacurus) male.jpg
male C. c. climacurus
Gambia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species:
C. climacurus
Binomial name
Caprimulgus climacurus
Vieillot, 1824
male C. c. climacurus
Gambia

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

Wikidata ☰ Q1186108 entry