| Red-necked nightjar | |
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| In Portugal | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. ruficollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820
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| Distribution
breeding
winter
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The red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) is the largest of the nightjars occurring in Europe. It breeds in Iberia and North Africa, and winters in tropical West Africa.
- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Caprimulgus ruficollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22689875A211192401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T22689875A211192401.en. Retrieved 21 July 2022.