Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Caprimulgiformes > Caprimulgidae > Caprimulgus > Caprimulgus poliocephalusCaprimulgus poliocephalus (Montane Nightjar)The montane nightjar, mountain nightjar or Abyssinian nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.59894 EDGE Score: 2.02801 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 47 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 4.9 grams | | Female Weight [4] | 52 grams | | Male Weight [4] | 46 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [4] | 13 % |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 100 % | | Forages - Aerial [3] | 10 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 60 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 10 % | | | Clutch Size [5] | 2 | | Nocturnal [3] | Yes |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albertine Rift montane forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East African montane forests |
Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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East Sudanian savanna |
Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Arc forests |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane forests |
Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands |
Ethiopia, Eritrea |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Ethiopian montane moorlands |
Ethiopia |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Serengeti volcanic grasslands |
Tanzania |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets |
Tanzania, Kenya |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southwestern Arabian foothills savanna |
Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands |
Yemen, Saudi Arabia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Aberdare Mountains |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Arusha National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Bale Mountains National Park |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Bwindi Impenetrable National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cherangani Hills |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Chyulu Hills forests |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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East Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Echuya Forest Reserve |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Entoto Natural Park and escarpment |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Imatong mountains |
Sudan |
A1, A3 |
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Kidepo |
Sudan |
A3 |
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Kidepo Valley National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kikuyu Escarpment forest |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Longido Game Controlled Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Mafinga Mountains |
Zambia |
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Masai Mara |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Mau forest complex |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Mau Narok: Molo grasslands |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Misuku Hills Forest Reserves |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Elgon |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Elgon National Park |
Uganda |
A2, A3 |
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Mount Kenya |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Kilimanjaro |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Moco |
Angola |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mount Rungwe |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nairobi National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A4ii |
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Njombe forests |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Nyika National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Raydah escarpment |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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Rwenzori Mountains National Park |
Uganda |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Semenawi Bahri |
Eritrea |
A1, A3 |
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South Nguruman |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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South Pare Mountains |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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South Viphya Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sululta plain |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Taif escarpment |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A2, A3, B1iv, B2, B3 |
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Tiro Boter: Becho forest |
Ethiopia |
A1, A3 |
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Ufipa plateau |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Umalila Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Uzumara Forest Reserve |
Malawi |
A2, A3 |
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Wadi Turabah and Jabal Ibrahim |
Saudi Arabia |
A1, A2, A3, B2, B3 |
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West Usambara Mountains |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Yegof forest |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Horn of Africa |
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Fry, CH, S. Keith, and EK Urban. 1988. The birds of Africa. Volume III. Academic Press, New York, New York, USA ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 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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