The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·19466SpeciesAves2,451 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Chordates
  3. ›Vertebrates
  4. ›Birds
  5. ›Nightjars and Allies
  6. ›Nightjars and Allies
  7. ›Caprimulgus
Savanna Nightjar
Plate 1 of 7. (c) Desita Dyah D A Kusumaningrum, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Desita Dyah D A Kusumaningrum · via iNaturalist

On eBird ↗

Savanna Nightjar

Live sightings near you, the range map, bar charts of when it is seen, and Macaulay Library photos and recordings.

Savanna Nightjar

Caprimulgus affinis

The savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) is a species of nightjar found in South and Southeast Asia. Eight subspecies are recognised: C. a. monticolus, C. a. amoyensis, C. a. stictomus, C. a. affinis, C. a. timorensis, C. a. griseatus, C. a. mindanensis and C. a. propinquus. Its habitat is open forest and areas with scrub. Its length is about 25 cm (9.8 in). The upperparts are brownish-grey and vermiculated, with pale brown speckles. The underparts are brown, with bars....

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Listen

Looking for field recordings…

§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Caprimulgus affinis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19466.