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Brown Nightjar

Veles binotatus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestScrapeMedium · 63 g
Brown Nightjar (Veles binotatus), photo 1
Photo: Antoine Thivolle · CC BY 4.0

What the Brown Nightjar sounds like

Sonogram of the Brown Nightjar: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Ben Phalan · Song · Cavalla Forest, Grand Gedeh, Liberia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Brown Nightjar

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

Where to see the Brown Nightjar

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ghana Gabon Sierra Leone Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Liberia Central African Republic Côte d’Ivoire

About the Brown Nightjar

The brown nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is the only species in the genus Veles. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, and Liberia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Sulawesi Nightjar (Caprimulgus celebensis) Sulawesi NightjarCaprimulgus celebensisThe Sulawesi nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. Tawny-collared Nightjar (Antrostomus salvini) Tawny-collared NightjarAntrostomus salviniThe tawny-collared nightjar is 23 to 25.5 cm (9.1 to 10 in) long. Salvadori's Nightjar (Caprimulgus pulchellus) Salvadori's NightjarCaprimulgus pulchellusSalvadori's nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.

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