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;[[:Category:Caprimulgus|Caprimulgus]] nubicus
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Israel]] and [[Jordan]].
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[[Middle East]] and eastern [[Africa]]
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'''Middle East: found in[[Israel]] and [[Jordan]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Tanzania]]<br />
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'''African Islands''': [[Socotra]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''C. n. tamaricis'':
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:*[[Israel]] to [[Jordan]], south-western [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Yemen]]
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*''C. n. nubicus'':
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:*Central [[Sudan]]
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*''C. n. torridus'':
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:*Central [[Ethiopia]] to [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]] and north-eastern [[Uganda]]
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*''C. n. jonesi'':
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:*[[Socotra]]
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Lepage D. (2020) [https://avibase.ca/626D56E4 Avibase d]. Retrieved 11 September 2020
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Caprimulgus+nubicus}}
 
{{GSearch|Caprimulgus+nubicus}}
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Caprimulgus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Caprimulgus]]

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Botanical Garden, north east Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 10 September 2020

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Caprimulgus nubicus

Identification

Distribution

Middle East and eastern Africa Middle East: found inIsrael and Jordan
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
African Islands: Socotra

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • C. n. tamaricis:
  • C. n. nubicus:
  • C. n. torridus:
  • C. n. jonesi:

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. 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/
  2. Lepage D. (2020) Avibase d. Retrieved 11 September 2020

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