African Bird Club

Slender-tailed Nightjar - Adult

Photographer

» Artur Bujanowicz

Location

» Shashamene

Country image taken

» Ethiopia

Date

» November, 2009

Equipment

» Canon 50D

Bird Species

»Caprimulgus clarus - Slender-tailed Nightjar

Bird Species (French)

»Engoulevent de Reichenow

Bird Family

»Caprimulgidae - Nightjars

Bird Group

»Caprimulgiformes Nightjar

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» The strong line on the median coverts rules out Sombre Nightjar completely. It looks to me like a fairly typical female Slender-tailed Nightjar - that median bar is distinctive. Compare it with the later Slender-tailed pics / comment from Nik Borrow.