Nightjar, Long-tailed 


Long-tailed Nightjar - Caprimulgus climacurus climacurus
The Gambia - November 2018

There are three subspecies of Long-tailed Nightjar.  The nominate form, which is shown here, is found from Mauritania south to Senegambia and then east to Western Ethiopia and the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  The video framegrabs shown here are from recordings made in The Gambia during November 2018 - video link.



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