Fiery-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Taxonomy
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Caprimulgus
- eBird Code
- finnig1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (5)
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Caprimulgus pectoralis crepusculans
southeastern Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Eswatini, and eastern South Africa
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Caprimulgus pectoralis fervidus
southern Angola to northern Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern southern Africa
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Caprimulgus pectoralis nigriscapularis
Senegambia east, patchily, to southern South Sudan, Uganda, far western Kenya, southwestern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and northwestern Tanzania
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Caprimulgus pectoralis pectoralis
southern South Africa (from western Northern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga)
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Caprimulgus pectoralis shelleyi
Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southeastern Kenya, and southwestern Tanzania
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.