Fiery-necked Nightjar / Caprimulgus pectoralis
Fiery-necked Nightjar bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Fierynecked Nightjar, Cuvier's Nightjar, Fiery-necked or Black-shouldered Nightjar, Fiery-necked, Fiery necked Nightjar, South African Nightjar, Southern Fiery-necked Nightjar, Black-shouldered Nightjar, African Dusky Nightjar, Fiery-necked Nightjar (Fiery-necked), Dusky Nightjar, Fiery-necked Nightjar [pectoralis] |
Old latin name for bird | Nyctisyrigmus kwalensis, Caprimulgus fervidus, Caprimulgus atrovarius, Antrostomus dominicus |
Order | Nightjars and relatives / Caprimulgiformes |
Family | Nightjars / Caprimulgidae |
Genus | Caprimulgus |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | w, s, se, sc |
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Related species

Nechisar Nightjar

Chirruping Nightjar

Prigogine's Nightjar

Madagascar Nightjar

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Philippine Nightjar

Egyptian Nightjar

Salvadori's Nightjar

Bates's Nightjar
Where to see Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Eswatini
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Fiery-necked Nightjar subspecies (5)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Caprimulgus pectoralis crepusculans | se Zimbabwe and Mozambique to e South Africa | - | No |
Caprimulgus pectoralis fervidus | s Angola and n Namibia to Zimbabwe and n South Africa | - | No |
Caprimulgus pectoralis nigriscapularis | Senegal and Gambia to w Kenya and sw DR Congo | - | No |
Caprimulgus pectoralis pectoralis | s South Africa | - | No |
Caprimulgus pectoralis shelleyi | Angola and s DR Congo to se Kenya, c Tanzania and n Malawi | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Naguil |
Catalan | enganyapastors musical |
Chinese | 非洲夜鹰 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 南非夜鷹 |
Croatian | žućkastovrati leganj |
Czech | lelek hvízdavý |
Danish | Sydafrikansk Natravn |
Dutch | Roesthalsnachtzwaluw |
Esperanto | Kolumkaprimulgo |
Estonian | vile-öösorr, ruuge-öösorr |
Finnish | kapinkehrääjä |
French | Engoulevent musicien [pectoralis], Engoulevent musicien, Engoulevent à épaulettes noires, Engoulevent musicien ou E. à épaulettes noires |
German | Rotnacken-Nachtschwalbe, Pfeifnachtschwalbe, Schwarzschulter-Nachtschwalbe |
Hungarian | fütyülő lappantyú |
Italian | Succiacapre colloflammeo, Succiacapre fosco africano |
Japanese | チャエリヨタカ |
Lithuanian | rusvakaklis lėlys |
Norwegian | Ildnakkenattravn, ildnakkenattravn |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Eldnakkenatteramn |
Polish | lelek śniady, Lelek szarogłowy, lelek sniady |
Portuguese | noitibó-de-pescoço-dourado, Noitibo musical, Noitibo-musical, noitibó-musical |
Russian | Свистящий козодой |
Serbian | Vatrovrati leganj |
Shona | Datiwa |
Slovak | lelek pisklavý, lelek piskľavý |
Spanish | Chotacabras músico, Chotacabra Africana Sombría, Chotacabras Hombronegro |
Swahili | Kirukanjia Shingo-madoa |
Swedish | visselnattskärra, Sydafrikansk nattskärra |
Tsonga | Kubhasti |
Tswana | Leubauba |
Turkish | Ötücü Çobanaldatan |
Ukrainian | дрімлюга міомбовий |
Xhosa | Udebeza |
Zulu | uZavolo |