Nightjars

Madagascar Nightjar

Caprimulgus madagascariensis

The Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) is a 41 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

41 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Madagascar, SC.

Where to see it: Ifaty · spiny forest reserves (Madagascar); Andasibe-Mantadia NP (Madagascar); Andasibe Mantadia National Park (Analamazoatra Reserve) (Madagascar); Ranomafana NP (Madagascar); Parc de Tsarasaotra (Lac Alarobia) (Madagascar).

Photo: (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist