Long-tailed nightjar
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Long-tailed nightjar ( Caprimulgus macrurus ) |
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The long-tailed nightjar ( Caprimulgus macrurus ) is a species of bird in the nightjar family (Caprimulgidae).
It occurs in Australia , Bangladesh , Bhutan , Brunei , Cambodia , China , India , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , Nepal , Pakistan , Papua New Guinea , the Philippines , Singapore , Thailand and Vietnam . Their distribution area includes subtropical or tropical rainforest , mangrove forest and humid mountain forest up to 1,800 m altitude.
description
The long-tailed nightjar is 25 to 33 cm tall and weighs between 55 and 80 g. It is the size of a pigeon, has long wings and a long, broad tail, and the head is also relatively large. The upper side including the upper wing is colored warm brown in adult animals with clearly accentuated, speckled bands. It has a diffuse, pale reddish-brown neck band. The throat is broadly white. In the male there are clear white spots on the four hand wings , which are missing in the female or are only weakly pronounced. The two outer control feathers have a distinct white tip in the male.
voice
The call of the male is described as a constant, knocking, loud “tok, tok, tok, tok” that is repeated up to 100 times per minute.
Geographic variation
The following subspecies are distinguished:
- C. m. albonotatus Tickell , 1833 - in the foothills of the Himalayas from northeast Pakistan to northeast India and Bhutan, southern India, the East Indies, and Bangladesh
- C. m. bimaculatus Peale , 1848 - extreme northeast India to Nagaland and Mizoram , to southern China, Southeast Asia to Sumatra including the Riau Islands
- C. m. johnsoni Deignan , 1955 - Southwest of the Philippines ( Palawan , probably also Calamian Islands )
- C. m. salvadorii Sharpe , 1875 - Borneo , including the islands of Pulau Balambangan and Pulau Banggi on the north coast
- C. m. macrurus ( Horsfield , 1821), nominate form - Java and Bali
- C. m. schlegelii A. B. Meyer , 1874 - Moluccan Islands of the Flores Sea , western Lesser Sunda Islands except Flores and Sumba , New Guinea and most islands of the Bismarck Archipelago to the coast of North and Northeast Australia
Way of life
Different habitats are settled, preferably trees.
The food consists of insects that fly at night, such as moths , crickets, grasshoppers and hornets .
The breeding season is between March and May in northern India, between March and June in northern Thailand, and from January to at least September in Malaysia. The mostly two yellow-brown spotted or spotted eggs are laid directly on the ground without a nest and incubated by both parents.
Hazardous situation
The long-tailed nightjar is not considered to be endangered ( Least Concern ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Avibase
- ↑ a b c d Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ a b c R. Grimmett, T. Inskipp: Birds of Northern India. Helm Field Guides, 2017, ISBN 978-0-7136-5167-6
- ^ A b S. Ali: The Book of Indian Birds. Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford university Press, 13th ed. 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-566523-9
- ^ IUCN Redlist
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Caprimulgus macrurus in the Internet Bird Collection
