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Sombre Nightjar

Caprimulgus fraenatus

Least Concern

Envergadura

32,4 cm

Peso

60,0 g

Familia

Caprimulgidae

Orden

Caprimulgiformes

Acerca de

Chotacabras de freno de 22–25 cm, habita en los matorrales áridos y las sabanas del noreste de África.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	32,4 cm	12.8 in
Peso	60,0 g	2.12 oz

Identificación

Plumaje

Uniformly dark sooty-brown upperparts with dense blackish vermiculations; pale buff supercilium and narrow white submoustachial stripe; underparts barred buff and dark brown. Sexes similar.

Habitat & Range

🌾 Grassland

Distribución geográfica

Found across East Africa from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Tanzania. Resident in dry acacia scrub, thornbush, and arid savanna at low elevations.

Diet & Feeding

Feeds at night on flying insects including moths and beetles; hunts with buoyant erratic flight over forest gaps.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamiento y reproducción

Nidificación

Nest type: NO.

Tamaño de la puesta

1-2

Sonido

Canto

Monotonous churring trill; repetitive 'churr' at moderate tempo from East African scrub; lower-pitched and less musical than some relatives; calls persistently at night

Taxonomía

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Orden	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars & Swifts)
Familia	Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Genus	Caprimulgus
Especies	Caprimulgus fraenatus

Distribution

Sombre Nightjar has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

Preguntas frecuentes

What does the Sombre Nightjar eat?

Feeds at night on flying insects including moths and beetles; hunts with buoyant erratic flight over forest gaps.

Where does the Sombre Nightjar live?

Found across East Africa from Ethiopia and Somalia south to Tanzania. Resident in dry acacia scrub, thornbush, and arid savanna at low elevations.

Is the Sombre Nightjar endangered?

The Sombre Nightjar has a conservation status of Least Concern.

How does the Sombre Nightjar nest?

Nest type: NO.

What does the Sombre Nightjar sound like?

Monotonous churring trill; repetitive 'churr' at moderate tempo from East African scrub; lower-pitched and less musical than some relatives; calls persistently at night

How big is the Sombre Nightjar?

The Sombre Nightjar has a wingspan of 32.4 cm, weight of 60.0 g.

What order and family does the Sombre Nightjar belong to?

The Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) belongs to the order Caprimulgiformes and the family Caprimulgidae.