Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) - HBW 5, p. 360
French: Engoulevent d’Europe
German: Ziegenmelker
Spanish: Chotacabras Europeo
Other common names: (Eurasian) Nightjar, Common Nightjar
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus europæus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Forms superspecies with C. fraenatus and C. rufigena. Sometimes reckoned to be replaced to east by C. indicus. Much of geographical variation is clinal. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 - N & C Europe E through NC Asia (mainly S of c. 60° N) to L Baikal region.
- meridionalis Hartert, 1896 - NW Africa and Iberia E through S Europe, Crimea, Caucasus and Ukraine to NW Iran and Caspian Sea.
- sarudnyi Hartert, 1912 - Kazakhstan, from Caspian Sea E to Kyrgyzstan, Tarbagatai and Altai.
- europaeus Linnaeus, 1758 - N & C Europe E through NC Asia (mainly S of c. 60° N) to L Baikal region.
- meridionalis Hartert, 1896 - NW Africa and Iberia E through S Europe, Crimea, Caucasus and Ukraine to NW Iran and Caspian Sea.
- sarudnyi Hartert, 1912 - Kazakhstan, from Caspian Sea E to Kyrgyzstan, Tarbagatai and Altai.
- unwini Hume, 1871 - Iraq and Iran E to W Tien Shan and Kasthigaria, N to S Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
- plumipes Przewalski, 1876 - NW China and W & NW Mongolia.
- dementievi Stegmann, 1949 - NE Mongolia and S Transbaikalia.
- Least Concern
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a female with 2 chicks during the daytime Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France (ssp europaeus)
hnjacob 26 August 2009 47 weeks ago 1 min 5 sec 4.8 -
A female with 2 chicks during the daytime. Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France (ssp europaeus)
hnjacob 25 August 2007 1 year ago 41 sec 4.3 -
A bird sitting on a track Polokwane Game Reserve, Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp europaeus)
Keith Blomerley 3 January 2007 3 years ago 22 sec 3.5
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In a Tree Kharrara Farm, Qatar
John A Thompson 7 May 2010 11 weeks ago 4.5 -
An adult male resting on the ground. East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan (ssp sarudnyi)
Christophe Gouraud 24 May 2010 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 4.4 -
A passage migrant thru Kutch Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 5 October 2008 4 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched bird. Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Ken Havard 17 May 2009 7 weeks ago 3.6 -
Passage migrant Kutch District, Gujarat, India
jugal Tiwari 19 September 2008 4 weeks ago 3 -
Roosting on a horizontal branch Loporzano, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp meridionalis)
Todd Boland 17 May 2008 1 year ago 3
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A male singing at dusk Forêt de Fontainebleau, France
(ssp europaeus)
Julien Rochefort 13 May 2008 1 year ago 4.8
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