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Tangkoko, N. Sulawesi, Indonesia, August 2009
Caprimulgus celebensis

Identification

24 - 30 cm.

  • Greyish-brown upperparts streaked blackish-brown, no nuchal collar
  • Dark brown speckled tawny and buff lesser coverts, greyish-brown rest of wing-coverts, boldly spotted buff, pale buff and tawny
  • Blackish-brown scapulars with buffish edges
  • White throat patch
  • Greyish-brown underparts, speckled and spotted brown, greyish-white and buff, becoming buff barred brown on belly and flanks
  • White spot on second, third and fourth outermost primaries and white tips to two outermost tail feathers
  • jungei with smaller white tips to two outermost tail feathers

Sexes similar.

Similar species

Smaller and plainer than Large-tailed Nightjar and with smaller white wing spots. Also paler and less spotted than Satanic Nightjar.

Distribution

Endemic to north Sulawesi and Sulu Islands, Indonesia.
A locally fairly common restricted-range species. Most often seen in Tangkoko Nature Reserve.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

  • C. c. celebensis on Sulawesi and Butung Island
  • C. c. jungei on Sula Islands (Taliabu and Mangole)

Sometimes considered conspecific with Philippine Nightjar.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and mangrove forests. Also in secondary forest and coastal bushes.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds probably on insects.
Hawks after prey in agile and buoyant flight.

Breeding

No information.

Movements

Presumably a sedentary species.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2015)

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