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(Redirected from Caprimulgus fraenatus) Species of bird

Sombre nightjar
at Gilgil, Kenya
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species: C. fraenatus
Binomial name
Caprimulgus fraenatus
Salvadori, 1884

The sombre nightjar or dusky nightjar (Caprimulgus fraenatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is native to East Africa.

Specimen at Nairobi National Museum

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Caprimulgus fraenatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22689893A93251016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689893A93251016.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Caprimulgus fraenatus


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