Long-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
eBird Code: lotnig1

Subspecies (3)

Caprimulgus climacurus climacurus

Mauritania to Sudan, western Ethiopia, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Caprimulgus climacurus nigricans

eastern Sudan (White Nile region)
Caprimulgus climacurus sclateri

Guinea to northwestern Uganda

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (lotnig1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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