Plain nightjar facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Plain nightjar |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
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C. inornatus
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| Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869
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The plain nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) is a type of nightjar, a bird known for flying at night. It belongs to the Caprimulgidae family. These birds live in parts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Plain nightjars breed in areas like the southern Sahel and the Horn of Africa. They also breed in South Sudan and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. When winter comes, they fly south to places like central Congo and northern Tanzania.
These birds usually look quite simple. They can be grey-brown, brown, or reddish-brown. Male plain nightjars have white spots on their wing feathers and large white patches on their tail corners. Females have buffy-brown spots on their wings and no white on their tail.
Where Plain Nightjars Live
Plain nightjars are found in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula.
In Western Africa, you can find them in countries like Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, and Niger. They also live in Chad, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic.
In Eastern Africa, they are found in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. They were even seen in Rwanda's Akagera National Park in March 2022.
On the Arabian Peninsula, they live in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
What is Their Habitat?
Plain nightjars like to live in areas with thornscrub. This means places with thorny bushes and small trees.
Are Plain Nightjars Endangered?
No, the plain nightjar is not an endangered species. Scientists have looked at how many of these birds there are and where they live. They have decided that the plain nightjar is a species of "Least Concern."
This means their population seems stable, and they live across a very large area. Because of this, they are not close to being considered vulnerable or endangered.
 | George Robert Carruthers |
 | Patricia Bath |
 | Jan Ernst Matzeliger |
 | Alexander Miles |
