Cclimacu

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Caprimulgus climacurus

Vieillot, 1825

Family: Caprimulgidae

Order: Caprimulgiformes

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Long-tailed nightjar

Schleppennachtschwalbe

Engoulevent à longue queue

Chotacabras rabudo

CMS NL

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES NL

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: partial

Caprimulgus climacurus

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 A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com )

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