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Photo by volker sthamer
Awash, Ethiopia, April 2011
Caprimulgus inornatus

Identification

Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa and south-western Arabian Peninsula.
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, Yemen

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Three subspecies are recognised by some authorities: C. i. inornatus, C. i. malbranti, C. i. ludovicianus[2]

Habitat

Thornscrub.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Avibase

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