Nightjars

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

The Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) is a 51 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

51 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, eSwatini, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Cameroon.

Where to see it: Mbuluzi GR · Savanna Research Center (Eswatini); Bakossi Mountains · Kodmin Forest (Cameroon); Mbuluzi Game Reserve (Eswatini); Djoubissi (general area) (Central African Republic); Frontier Mine (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Photo: (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist