Plain Nightjar
Caprimulgus inornatusHeuglin, MT, 1869
English (US) Plain Nightjar
The Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) 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: thornscrub of sub-Saharan Africa and southwestern Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus inornatus
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Plain Nightjar
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1869
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Heuglin, MT, 1869
- Type locality
- Bogosland.
- Original description
- Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1 p.129
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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