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| Caprimulgus fossii |
Hartlaub, 1857 |
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Family: Caprimulgidae |
Order: Caprimulgiformes |
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Mozambique nightjar |
Engoulevent du Mozambique |
Chotacabras de Fosse |
Welwitschnachtschwalbe |
Nominate race probably sedentary. Race welwitschii possibly sedentary in parts of range, partially migratory in
others, as only a breeding visitor to central plateau of Zimbabwe and parts of NE South Africa. As non-breeding
(winter) visitor, occurs in N Zaire, N Burundi, Rwanda, S & W Uganda, S Kenya and N Tanzania. Possible
vagrant to S Botswana and C South Africa. Race griselopurus also sedentary and partially migratory; occurs as a
non-breeding (winter) visitor to Angola and Zambia, and as a possible vagrant to N Zimbabwe. Vagrants of
unidentified race recorded in N Ivory Coast and S Ghana. (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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