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Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Caprimulgus

Swamp Nightjar

Caprimulgus natalensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (swanig1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus

Subspecies (2)

Caprimulgus natalensis accrae

coastal north-central Sierra Leone to western Cameroon
Caprimulgus natalensis natalensis

eastern Gambia to Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, eastern Tanzania, and northern South Africa

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (swanig1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.