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| Caprimulgus climacurus |
Vieillot, 1825 |
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Family: Caprimulgidae |
Order: Caprimulgiformes |
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Long-tailed nightjar |
Engoulevent à longue queue |
Chotacabras rabudo |
Schleppennachtschwalbe |
Poorly known. Nominate race migratory and partially sedentary, some populations moving S after breeding
season. Race sclateri possibly sedentary and partially migratory. Race nigricans probably sedentary. Outside
breeding season, range also includes S Ivory Coast, SW Nigeria, S Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, SE
Congo (lower Congo river valley), NE Angola (one record Luaco), SE Sudan, SW Ethiopia, W Kenya (sporadic
in Turkana and Pokot region) and E Uganda. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1999)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com,
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