Long-tailed Nightjar bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsSlender-tailed Nightjar, Long tailed Nightjar
Old latin name for birdScotornis climacurus
OrderNightjars and relatives / Caprimulgiformes
FamilyNightjars / Caprimulgidae
GenusCaprimulgus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionc, wc, w

Long-tailed Nightjar bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 2.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 3.
    Call, song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
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    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 5.
    Song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
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    Song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 7.
    Song, © Mark Harper
    Ghana
  • 8.
    Song, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
  • 9.
    Song, © Bart van Hoogstraten
    Mauritania
  • 10.
    Song, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Long-tailed Nightjar

Long-tailed Nightjar subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Caprimulgus climacurus climacurusMauritania to w Ethiopia (except c Sudan) s to DR Congo-No
Caprimulgus climacurus nigricansc Sudan-No
Caprimulgus climacurus sclateriGuinea to Cameroon, n DR Congo and nw Kenya-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliরিামরজী যাতচযা, রিা হরচজ যাতচযা
BulgarianДългоопашат козодой
Catalanenganyapastors cuallarg
Chinese非洲长尾夜鹰
Chinese (Traditional)非洲長尾夜鷹
Croatiandugorepi leganj
Czechlelek dlouhoocasý
DanishLanghalet Natravn
DutchMozambikaanse Nachtzwaluw, Langstaartnachtzwaluw
EsperantoLongvosta kaprimulgo
Estonianhänd-öösorr
Finnishnauhakehrääjä
FrenchEngoulevent à longue queue
FrisianLangsturtdeislieper
GalicianNoiteboa rabilonga
GermanLangschwanz-Nachtschwalbe, Schleppennachtschwalbe
Hungarianuszályos lappantyú
IcelandicSkottfari
IrishTuirne earrfhada
ItalianSucciacapre codalunga, Succiacapre codalunga africano
Japaneseオナガヨタカ
LatvianGarastes vakarlēpis
Lithuanianilgauodegis lėlys
MacedonianДолгоопашест козодој
Northern SamiGuhkesbađoščahran
NorwegianLanghalenattravn, langhalenattravn
Norwegian NynorskLanghalenatteramn
Polishlelek ostrosterny
PortugueseNoitibo rabilongo, Noitibo-rabilongo, noitibó-rabilongo
RomanianCaprimulg cu coadă lungă
RussianДлиннохвостый козодой, Шлейфовый козодой
SerbianDugorepi leganj
Slovaklelek dlhochvostý
SlovenianDolgorepa podhujka
SpanishChotacabras rabudo
SwahiliKirukanjia Mkia-mrefu
Swedishlångstjärtad nattskärra
TurkishUzun Kuyruklu Çobanaldatan
Ukrainianдрімлюга польовий
WelshTroellwr cynffonhir Affrica