| Plain nightjar | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. inornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Caprimulgus inornatus Heuglin, 1869
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The plain nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It breeds in the southern Sahel, Southern Sudan, the Horn of Africa and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. It migrates to lower latitudes - including central Congo and northern Tanzania.[2] A rather plain looking nightjar with grey-brown, brown, and rufous morphs. Males have white spots on primaries (4 feathers), large white corners to tail, and no white on the throat (may show black spots on the crown and scapulars like Star-spotted Nightjar). Females have buffy-brown wing spots, and no white on the tail.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Caprimulgus inornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22689977A93254587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689977A93254587.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ F., Clements, James (2007). The Clements checklist of birds of the world. Clements, James F., Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology., American Birding Association. (6th ed.). Ithaca: Comstock Pub. Associates/Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019. OCLC 77573859.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (2004-12-01). Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi. A&C Black. ISBN 9780713673470.