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English European Nightjar
Scientific (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Family (Latin) Caprimulgidae
Family (English) Nightjars
Other name(s) Nightjar, Engoulevent d'Europe
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions w, c
Nonbreeding Range Subregions AF
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Angola,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Belarus, Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Burundi,Cameroon,Chad,China,Congo,Croatia,Cyprus, Czech Republic,Democratic Republic of Congo,Denmark,Djibouti,Egypt,Eritrea,Estonia,Ethiopia,Finland,France, Gabon,Gambia,Georgia,Germany,Ghana,Gibraltar,Greece,Guinea-Bissau,Hungary,India - mainland, Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Ivory Coast,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kenya,Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia, Malawi,Mali,Malta,Mauritania,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Mozambique, Namibia,Netherlands,Niger,Nigeria,Norway,Oman,Pakistan,Palestine,Poland,Portugal, Qatar,Romania,Russia,Rwanda,San Marino,Saudi Arabia,Senegal,Serbia,Sierra Leone,Slovakia, Slovenia,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,Spain,Sudan,Swaziland,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria, Tajikistan,Tanzania,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Uganda,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan, Western Sahara,Yemen,Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
europaeus c, n Europe to c, n, sc Siberia
meridionalis s Europe and n Africa to the Caucasus and nw Iran
sarudnyi Kazakhstan and w Siberia
unwini Iraq and Iran to Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
plumipes nw China to w, s Mongolia
dementievi ne Mongolia to sc Siberia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by Linnaeus, 1758: NOTE(ENG: Eurasian Nightjar would be a more accurate name for Caprimulgus europaeus, but tradition rules for the moment.)
German Nachtschwalbe
French Engoulevent d’Europe
Chinese 欧夜鹰
Japanese ヨーロッパヨタカ
Russian Козодой
Spanish Chotacabras europeo
Portuguese noitibó-cinzento
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)