Swamp Nightjar

Caprimulgus natalensis - Engoulevent du Natal

Systematics

Order
:
Caprimulgiformes
Family
:
Caprimulgidés
Genus
:
Caprimulgus
Species
:
natalensis

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1845

Biometrics

Size
: 24 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis) is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Caprimulgus natalensis natalensis (Mali and Sudan to Gabon and e South Africa)
Caprimulgus natalensis accrae (Sierra Leone to w Cameroon)

Foreign names

Engoulevent du Natal,
Chotacabras del Natal,
noitibó-de-natal,
Natalnachtschwalbe,
fokföldi lappantyú,
Moerasnachtzwaluw,
Succiacapre di palude,
sumpnattskärra,
Sumpnattravn,
lelek močiarny,
lelek mokřadní,
Sumpnatravn,
kosteikkokehrääjä,
Natalse Naguil,
enganyapastors del Natal,
lelek bagienny,
Натальский козодой,
ナタールヨタカ,
非洲白尾夜鹰,
非洲白尾夜鷹,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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