| Nechisar nightjar | |
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| Topside of the type specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Caprimulgiformes |
| Family: | Caprimulgidae |
| Genus: | Caprimulgus |
| Species: | C. solala |
| Binomial name | |
| Caprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 1995 | |
The Nechisar nightjar (Caprimulgus solala) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is now thought to be a hybrid. It is endemic to Ethiopia. [1]
The species was first discovered in 1990 when researchers discovered a decomposing specimen in the Nechisar National Park. [2] [3] After bringing back a single wing from the specimen to the Natural History Museum in London, it was determined to be a previously unknown species. Its specific name, solala, means "only a wing". [3]
Its natural habitat is subtropical. It is probably endemic to Nechisar National Park.[ citation needed ]
In 2025, researchers taking DNA samples from the Nechisar specimen and other African nightjars concluded that the individual was likely a hybrid of a female Standard-winged Nightjar and a male Freckled Nightjar. This hybrid combination would be a first confirmed case of hybridization of Old World nightjars. [4] [5]
