Standard-winged nightjar
SpeciesBirds
African nocturnal nightjar with ornate male flight feathers
1.25Uncommon
Uncommon
Standard-winged nightjar
- Birds
The standard-winged nightjar, Caprimulgus longipennis, is a nocturnal bird in the nightjar family native to Africa. It was previously placed in the genus Macrodipteryx with the pennant-winged nightjar. The species displays extreme sexual dimorphism. During the breeding season, males grow broad ornamental flight feathers that are longer than their body.
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus longipennis
- Range
- Africa
- Male breeding plumage
- Broad ornamental flight feathers longer than the body
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Standard-winged nightjar (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q27074767
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Paul Cools. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsPaul Cools, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
- Popularity
- 25 median daily views (Wikimedia Pageviews API (all-access, user agent))
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