Nightjars

Sombre Nightjar

Caprimulgus fraenatus

The Sombre Nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) is a 60 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

60 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia.

Where to see it: Aga Khan University (private) · Ngaramtoni Korongo (Tanzania); Adi Keyh (Eritrea); Awash NP (Please use more specific hotspot) (Ethiopia); Maasai Mara NR · Mara Triangle (Kenya); Nairobi NP (General) (Kenya).

Photo: (c) Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist