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| − | + | [[Image:Standard-winged_Nightjar.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Reini|Reini}} <br />Tendaba area, [[The Gambia]], November 2005]] | |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | [[File:Standard-winged_Nightjar_VS.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo © by {{user|volker+sthamer |volker sthamer}}<br />Pian Upe, [[Uganda]], 1 December, 2019]] | |
| + | 20-23cm. Variegated grey, with a brown collar. The adult male has a wing ornament during the breeding season, with a broad central flight feather on each wing elongated to 38cm, much longer than the bird's body. 20cm or more of this is bare shaft. In normal flight, these feathers trail behind, but in display flight they are raised vertically like standards. | ||
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Africa]] from [[Senegal]] east to [[Ethiopia]]. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br /> | ||
| + | It was formerly included in the genus ''[[:Category:Macrodipteryx|Macrodipteryx]]''. | ||
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| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dry savannas, with some scrub. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | No nest is made; the 2 elongated and elliptical eggs are placed upon the bare ground. | ||
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| + | The diet includes moths and beetles. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | + | Search the Gallery using the scientific name: | |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | {{GSearch|Caprimulgus+longipennis}} |
| + | Search the Gallery using the common name: | ||
| + | {{GSearch|"Standard-winged Nightjar"}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Caprimulgus]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:34, 24 August 2022
- Caprimulgus longipennis
Identification
20-23cm. Variegated grey, with a brown collar. The adult male has a wing ornament during the breeding season, with a broad central flight feather on each wing elongated to 38cm, much longer than the bird's body. 20cm or more of this is bare shaft. In normal flight, these feathers trail behind, but in display flight they are raised vertically like standards.
Distribution
Africa from Senegal east to Ethiopia.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It was formerly included in the genus Macrodipteryx.
Habitat
Dry savannas, with some scrub.
Behaviour
No nest is made; the 2 elongated and elliptical eggs are placed upon the bare ground.
The diet includes moths and beetles.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Standard-winged Nightjar. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Standard-winged_Nightjar
External Links
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