Troll Nightjar
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Troll Nightjar ( Caprimulgus climacurus ) |
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The towing Eight Schwalbe ( Caprimulgus climacurus ) is a species of the family of Nightjars (Caprimulgidae).
It occurs in Ethiopia , Angola , Benin , Burkina Faso , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Eritrea , Gabon , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Cameroon , Kenya , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , Republic of the Congo , Senegal , Sierra Leone , South Sudan , Sudan , Tanzania , Togo , Chad , Uganda , Central African Republic in front.
Its distribution area includes several habitats with semi-arid climate and forests and bush with stock of grassland .
description
The drag nightjar is 28–43 cm tall, the male weighs between 39 and 58, the female between 35 and 61 g. There are color variations from pale brown to brown and gray-brown to sand-colored yellow-brown.
It resembles the Welwitschachtschwalbe and the short-tailed nightjar with white spots on all five hand wings, a white wing band over the small arm covers, a narrow white border on the outer tail feathers and white tips on the arm wings . Both sexes have very long central tail feathers (up to 28 cm).
voice
The call of the male is described as a very fast, long and even, almost rolling whirring, significantly faster than with other night swallows, also ending with “chong chong”.
Geographic variation
The following subspecies are recognized:
- C. c. climacurus ( Vieillot ) , 1824, nominate form - Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan and South Sudan; Partial puller to Guinea
- C. c. sclateri ( Bates ) , 1927 - humid regions of West Africa from Sierra Leone to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan
- C. c. nigricans ( Salvadori ) , 1868 - around the White Nile in Sudan ( Kusti ), to Eritrea and South Sudan ( Shambe National Park ), also Bahr el Zeraf and Sobat as well as western Ethiopia
Way of life
The diet consists of beetles , moths , fishing horrors , ants , winged termites , crickets and grasshoppers .
The breeding season is between March and September in Senegal and probably also in Gambia, between March and August in Mali and Nigeria and between May and July in Uganda.
Hazardous situation
The dragged nightjar is not considered to be endangered ( least concern ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Avibase
- ↑ a b c d e Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ a b c d T. Stevenson, J. Fanshawe: Birds of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi,, Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-691-12665-4
- ^ IUCN Redlist
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Caprimulgus climacurus in the Internet Bird Collection