Bonaparte's Nightjar

When to see the Bonaparte's Nightjar

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Bonaparte's Nightjar

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brunei.

About the Bonaparte's Nightjar

Bonaparte's nightjar, also known as the Sunda nightjar, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is native to the islands of Sumatra, Belitung and Borneo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Bates's NightjarCaprimulgus batesiBates's nightjar is a large, dark nightjar. Star-spotted NightjarCaprimulgus stellatusThe star-spotted nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaenaThe Palau nightjar is a species of nightjar endemic to Palau.