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ForestScrapeMedium · 78 g
When to see the Swamp Nightjar
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Swamp Nightjar
The map shades 15 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 Benin.
About the Swamp Nightjar
The swamp nightjar or Natal nightjar is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family found in Africa.
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Easily confused with
Philippine NightjarCaprimulgus manillensisThe Philippine nightjar is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillariusThe male of the species is characteristic in having a broad white band over the otherwise black primaries.
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennisWhen roosting on the ground during the day, this medium-sized (20–23 centimetres (7.9–9.1 in) long) nightjar is mainly variegated grey, with a browner collar.
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