Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernInvertebrates

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Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus), photo 1 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus), photo 2 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus), photo 4 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus), photo 5 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The Nubian nightjar is 20–22 cm (7.9–8.7 in) long. It is a nocturnal species, known for its large eyes and beak, which help it hunt at night. The bird resembles the Moorish nightjar, but is smaller, has a shorter tail and blunt wings compared to the Moorish nightjar. Another characteristic feature is a red-brown band over the neck. The white wing spots are not further away from the wing tips than other types of nightjars.

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When to see the Nubian Nightjar

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Nubian Nightjar

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 3 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.

Saudi Arabia Kenya Jordan Yemen Djibouti Ethiopia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Israel, Somalia, Oman.

About the Nubian Nightjar

The Nubian nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in salt marshes of Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.

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Easily confused with

Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximiusThe golden nightjar is a distinctively coloured, smallish nightjar which measures 23–25 cm in length. Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaenaThe Palau nightjar is a species of nightjar endemic to Palau.

Bates's NightjarCaprimulgus batesiBates's nightjar is a large, dark nightjar.

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