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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Benoît Segerer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Niall Perrins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Muchaxo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Kofi Amponsah-Mensah, all rights reserved

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Long-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus

Worldwide
273 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The long-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Africa where it occurs in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

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Recent sightings near Lagos

Research-grade observations within 25 km, newest first.