Plain Nightjar

Caprimulgus inornatus - Engoulevent terne

Systematics

Order
:
Caprimulgiformes
Family
:
Caprimulgidés
Genus
:
Caprimulgus
Species
:
inornatus

Descriptor

Heuglin, 1869

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 32 à 61 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Engoulevent terne,
Chotacabras sencillo,
noitibó-modesto,
Marmornachtschwalbe,
márványos lappantyú,
Marmernachtzwaluw,
Succiacapre disadorno,
sahelnattskärra,
Sahelnattravn,
lelek menlivý,
lelek mramorovaný,
Sahelnatravn,
sahelinkehrääjä,
enganyapastors de planura,
lelek jasny,
Sahelas vakarlēpis,
Серый козодой,
ムジヨタカ,
纯色夜鹰,
平原夜鷹,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Vol. 5 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi sargatal
Nightjars, Cleere Nigel
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v13.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest