Star-spotted nightjar

Star-spotted nightjar
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Caprimulgiformes
Family:	Caprimulgidae
Genus:	Caprimulgus
Species:	C. stellatus
Binomial name
Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899

The star-spotted nightjar (Caprimulgus stellatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in central Ethiopia, northern and northwestern Kenya and southern South Sudan.

Star-spotted nightjar tend to inhabit low-altitude and dry habitats such as the lava-strewn fields, stony or sandy semi-deserts, drawf grassland as well as open bushland. ^[2]

Star-spotted nightjar share physical similarity with Plain nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) as they are both small to medium sized with proportionately large heads ^[3] . Except the star-spotted nightjar have distinct white patch on its throat separated by dark line and corner of its tails. ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Caprimulgus stellatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22689981A93254929. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22689981A93254929.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Mills, Michael S L; Spottiswoode, Claire N (September 2000). "Star-spotted Nightjar". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 7 (2): 141–143. doi:10.5962/p.309618. ISSN   1352-481X.
3. Mills, Michael Stuart Lyne; Mills, Michael Stuart Lyne; Spottiswoode, Claire N. (September 2000). "Star-spotted Nightjar". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 7 (2): 141––143. doi:10.5962/p.309618.