CAPRIMULGIDAE - NIGHTJARS

"Mountain" Nightjar (Caprimulgus sp.)

Sex; Male. Age; Adult. Udzungwa Mts, July 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. Another example of species groups which are a very difficult to identify, but mostly and only due to the confusing field guides illustrations and contradicting information in special literature (e.g. "Bird Families of the World"). However, this is only stimulating me to add this photo to this site. This individual was sexed due to the amount of white on the primaries and tip of tail feathers.

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