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

Macrodipteryx longipennis (Shaw, 1796) Family: Caprimulgidae Order: Caprimulgiformes Back
Standart-winged nightjar Fahnennachtschwalbe Engoulevent à balanciers Chotacabras portaestandarte
CMS NL Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL CITES NL (Europe: SPEC threat status )
Migration: intracontinental

Macrodipteryx longipennis

An intra-African migrant, movements protracted and possibly influenced by rains, not fully understood. Leaves breeding grounds in southern savannas of W & C Africa from mid-Apr to about Aug and moves N to spend wet season in savannas of Sahel and Sudan. E populations move E or NE from Apr. Occurs possibly Aug-Dec in S Mauretania, N Senegal, C Mali, S Niger, N Nigeria and C Chad (N to Ennedi Mts). Also recorded in C & SE Sudan (perhaps mid-Apr to Sept) and W Ethiopia (up to Jan), Uganda and W Kenya. Return movements poorly known. Protable vagrants recorded in W Kenya and N Somalia.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com )

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(Last update: 05.08.02 by E.Heuel)

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