Caprimulgiformes

Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)

HBW 5, p. 302

  • Small to large nocturnal birds, with variegated plumage, large mouth, long wings and tail, and short legs.
  • Cosmopolitan, although absent from polar regions.
  • Desert, grassland and open wooded country to forest, from sea-level up to 4200 m.
  • 15 genera, 89 species, 221 taxa.
  • 6 species threatened; none definitely extinct since 1600.
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Family statistics

15 genera, 89 species

265 files covering
14 genera (93%)
65 species (73%)

 

    152 videos covering
13 genera (87%)
52 species (58%)
    86 photographs covering
13 genera (87%)
48 species (54%)
    27 sound recordings covering
8 genera (53%)
25 species (28%)
89 65 73 52 58 48 54 25 28


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