Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) - HBW 5, p. 365
French: Engoulevent de Nubie
German: Nubischer Ziegenmelker
Spanish: Chotacabras Nubio
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823, Nubia.
Birds from desert regions between Mt Kilimanjaro and Tsavo formerly placed in race taruensis. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tamaricis Tristram, 1864 - Israel and Jordan S to SW Saudi Arabia (including one record from Farasan Is) and SW & S Yemen; some birds winter in coastal Sudan and Eritrea to NW Somalia.
- nubicus Lichtenstein, 1823 - C Sudan.
- torridus Lort Phillips, 1898 - Somalia, C Ethiopia, Kenya and possibly NE Uganda.
- jonesi Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899 - Socotra.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult sitting on the ground (midnight time). Locality Israel (ssp tamaricis)
Iva Hristova 30 March 2007 3 years ago 11 sec 4.6
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very rare resident at the southern dead sea area
Locality Neot HaKikar, Arava Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 1 May 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
![Caprimulgus nubicus [Boris Nikolov; www.fotobiota.com]](http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/imagecache/thumb/pictures/Caprimulgus_nubicus_Boris_Nikolov_fotobiota_com.jpg "Caprimulgus nubicus Boris Nikolov www.fotobiota.com")
An adult sitting on the ground (midnight time).
Locality Israel (ssp tamaricis)
Boris Nikolov 30 March 2007 3 years ago 4 -
![Caprimulgus nubicus [Boris Nikolov; www.fotobiota.com]](http://ibc.lynxeds.com/files/imagecache/thumb/pictures/Caprimulgus_nubicus_Boris_Nikolov_fotobiota_com_2.jpg "Caprimulgus nubicus Boris Nikolov www.fotobiota.com")
An adult sitting on the ground (midnight time).
Locality Israel (ssp tamaricis)
Boris Nikolov 29 March 2007 3 years ago 3.7
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