Plain Nightjar / Caprimulgus inornatus
| Plain Nightjar bird information | Values |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
| Synonyms | Ludovic's Nightjar |
| Old latin name for bird | Caprimulgus ludovicianus |
| Order | Nightjars and relatives / Caprimulgiformes |
| Family | Nightjars / Caprimulgidae |
| Genus | Caprimulgus |
| Breeding region | Africa |
| Breeding subregion | Mauritania and n Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia, also sw Arabian Pen. |
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Related species
Chirruping Nightjar
Nechisar Nightjar
Prigogine's Nightjar
Madagascar Nightjar
Sykes's Nightjar
Philippine Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Salvadori's Nightjar
Bates's Nightjar
Where to see Plain Nightjar
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
Plain Nightjar subspecies (0)
Translation
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Vaalnaguil |
| Bulgarian | Сив козодой |
| Catalan | Enganyapastors senzill, enganyapastors de planura |
| Chinese | 纯色夜鹰 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 平原夜鷹 |
| Croatian | sahelski leganj |
| Czech | lelek mramorovaný |
| Danish | Sahelnatravn |
| Dutch | Marmernachtzwaluw, Vale nachtzwaluw |
| Esperanto | Plata kaprimulgo, Senornama kaprimulgo |
| Estonian | savanni-öösorr |
| Finnish | sahelinkehrääjä |
| French | Engoulevent terne, Engoulevent modeste |
| Frisian | Feale deislieper |
| Galician | Noiteboa lisa |
| German | Marmor-Nachtschwalbe, Marmornachtschwalbe |
| Greek | Μαρμαρoγιδoβύζι |
| Hungarian | márványos lappantyú |
| Irish | Tuirne pléineáilte |
| Italian | Succiacapre disadorno |
| Japanese | ムジヨタカ |
| Latvian | Sāhelas vakarlēpis, Sahelas vakarlēpis |
| Lithuanian | Marmurinis lelys, blyškusis lėlys |
| Northern Sami | Sahelčahran |
| Norwegian | sahelnattravn, Sahelnattravn |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Sahelnatteramn |
| Polish | lelek jasny |
| Portuguese | noitibó-saheliano, noitibó-modesto |
| Romanian | Caprimulg spălăcit |
| Russian | Мраморный козодой, Серый козодой |
| Serbian | Jednobojni leganj |
| Slovak | lelek menlivý |
| Slovenian | Enobarvna podhujka |
| Spanish | Chotacabras sencillo, Chotacabra Sencilla |
| Swahili | Kirukanjia Bilachoro |
| Swedish | sahelnattskärra |
| Turkish | Soluk Renkli Çobanaldatan, Boz-başli çobanaldatan, boz başlı çobanaldatan, Soluk Çobanaldatan |
| Ukrainian | дрімлюга блідий |
| Welsh | Troellwr plaen |