Caprimulgiformes / Caprimulgidae / Caprimulgus

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Caprimulgus pectoralis crepusculans

southeastern Zimbabwe to Mozambique, Eswatini, and eastern South Africa
Caprimulgus pectoralis fervidus

southern Angola to northern Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northeastern southern Africa
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
Caprimulgus pectoralis pectoralis

southern South Africa (from western Northern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga)
Caprimulgus pectoralis shelleyi

Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southeastern Kenya, and southwestern Tanzania

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.