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Bates's Nightjar
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Bates's Nightjar

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Bates's Nightjar

Caprimulgus batesi

The Bates's nightjar or Forest nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae, which is found in the rainforests of western Sub-Saharan Africa.

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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 19529.