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 sitti...
Israel, Mar 2007
Iva Hristova
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