Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)
Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus) - HBW 5, p. 377
French: Engoulevent de Reichenow
German: Kurzschleppen-Nachtschwalbe
Spanish: Chotacabras Colifino
Other common names: Reichenow’s Nightjar
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus clarus Reichenow, 1892, Bukoba Tanzania.
Formerly considered conspecific with C. fossii, and these two form superspecies with C. climacurus; all three have frequently been separated in genus Scotornis. N populations formerly awarded separate race, apatelius. Monotypic.
Distribution: Djibouti, Ethiopia and SE Sudan S to Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A front view of a bird laying on the ground Locality Bishangari Lodge, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 11 December 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
An adult male on the ground at dawn. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 30 sec 4.6 -
An immature (as identified by the pale tips to the flight feathers) on the ground at dawn. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 7 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A bird laying on the ground Locality Bishangari Lodge, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 11 December 2007 5 years ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A bird layed on the ground Locality Kenya (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 5 years ago 9 sec 3.8 -
A bird still on the ground Locality Bishangari Lodge, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ron Hoff 11 December 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 3.7
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a bird on the ground
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
rainer seifert 21 February 2009 7 weeks ago 4 -
A bird roosting on the ground
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Jim Watt 14 February 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Resting during the day.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 31 October 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
On the ground, day roost.
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 24 November 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
A female on the ground.
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 November 2005 3 years ago 3.5 -
Perched on the ground at a daytime roost.
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 2 February 2009 17 weeks ago 3.4
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