Nightjars

Standard-winged Nightjar

Caprimulgus longipennis

The Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) is a 48 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Nightjars

Order

Caprimulgiformes

Weight

48 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in Ghana, Benin, Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Uganda, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Sudan, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Central African Rep., Kenya, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, S. Sudan.

Where to see it: Djoubissi (general area) (Central African Republic); Ngaoundaba Ranch (Cameroon); Park Pendjari (Benin); Benoue NP (Cameroon); W National Park (Niger).

Photo: (c) Zac Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist