Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Caprimulgiformes > Caprimulgidae > Caprimulgus > Caprimulgus prigogineiCaprimulgus prigoginei (Prigogine's Nightjar)The Prigogine's nightjar or Itombwe nightjar (Caprimulgus prigoginei) is a nightjar which breeds in tropical central Africa. It is known from only one specimen taken in the Itombwe Mountains in Zaire in February 1952. It appears to be a forest species, but nothing is known of its habits or breeding, although it is likely to nest on bare ground like its relatives. It is assumed to be a nocturnal insectivore like other nightjars. The male's song is unknown, but unidentified nightjar calls heard in the breeding area include a rapid churring and a knocking sound. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 10.7696 EDGE Score: 4.54496 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 100 % | Forages - Aerial [1] | 40 % | Forages - Canopy [1] | 20 % | Forages - Mid-High [1] | 20 % | Forages - Ground [1] | 20 % | | Nocturnal [1] | Yes |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Itombwe Mountains |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
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Location |
Map |
Climate |
Land Use |
Itombwe Mountains |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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