Indian Nightjar

Caprimulgus asiaticus

Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus)
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The Indian nightjar is a small nightjar which is a resident breeder in open lands across South Asia and Southeast Asia. Like most nightjars it is crepuscular and is best detected from its characteristic calls at dawn and dusk that have been likened to a stone skipping on a frozen lake - a series of clicks that become shorter and more rapid. They are sometimes spotted on roads when their eyes gleam red in the spotlight of a vehicle. There is considerable plumage variation across its range and can be hard to differentiate from other nightjars in the region especially in the field. Source

Where is the Indian Nightjar now?

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 7,552 times across 7 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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How the Indian Nightjar moves through the year

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Asia ranged from 14°N in August to 23°N in February, about 1,000 km apart.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.