Bates's Nightjar
Caprimulgus batesiSharpe, RB, 1906
English (US) Bates's Nightjar
The Bates's Nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars and Nighthawks) in the order Caprimulgiformes.
Range: Congo River Basin (southern Cameroon to northern Gabon, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus batesi
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bates's Nightjar
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1906
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1906
- Type locality
- River Ja, Cameroon.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 19 p.18
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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