Madagascan Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis - Engoulevent malgache
Systematics
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Order:
Caprimulgiformes
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Family:
Caprimulgidés
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Genus:
Caprimulgus
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Species:
madagascariensis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 23 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 37 à 51 g
Geographic range
Description identification
Madagascan Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Caprimulgus madagascariensis madagascariensis (Madagascar)
- Caprimulgus madagascariensis aldabrensis (Aldabra)
Foreign names
- Engoulevent malgache,
- Chotacabras malgache,
- Madagaskarnachtschwalbe,
- madagaszkári lappantyú,
- Madagaskarnachtzwaluw,
- Succiacapre del Madagascar,
- madagaskarnattskärra,
- Madagaskarnattravn,
- lelek madagaskarský,
- lelek madagaskarský,
- Madagaskarnatravn,
- madagaskarinkehrääjä,
- enganyapastors de Madagascar,
- lelek malgaski,
- Мадагаскарский козодой,
- マダガスカルヨタカ,
- 马岛夜鹰,
- 馬達加斯加夜鷹,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Sources of information
- Nightjars, Cleere Nigel
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- IOC World Bird List (v11.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes