Slender-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus clarusReichenow, A, 1892
English (US) Slender-tailed Nightjar
The Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus) 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: southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, northwestern and southern Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, and northeastern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus clarus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Slender-tailed Nightjar
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1892
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Reichenow, A, 1892
- Type locality
- Bukoba, Tanganyika Territory, and Mengo, Uganda.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 40, no.197 p.29
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Nightjars and Nighthawks
Plain Nightjar
Caprimulgus inornatus
Star-spotted Nightjar
Caprimulgus stellatus
Nechisar Nightjar
Caprimulgus solala
Savanna Nightjar
Caprimulgus affinis
Chirruping Nightjar
Caprimulgus griseatus
Freckled Nightjar
Caprimulgus tristigma
Bonaparte's Nightjar
Caprimulgus concretus
Salvadori's Nightjar
Caprimulgus pulchellus
Prigogine's Nightjar
Caprimulgus prigoginei
Bates's Nightjar
Caprimulgus batesi
Long-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus climacurus
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus fossii
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