Nightjars

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus clarus

The Slender-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus clarus) is a 42 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

42 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: Awash NP (Please use more specific hotspot) (Ethiopia); Awash NP · southern section (Ethiopia); Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Hara Langano Lodge (Ethiopia); Aga Khan University (private) · Ngaramtoni Korongo (Tanzania).

Photo: (c) Tom Heijnen, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist