Large-tailed Nightjar

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a pale crown with a dark central stripe
2. Male has a white throat patch
3. Male has a long rufous tail with dark barring
4. Male shows white patches on the upperwing and outer tail feathers in flight

Male, female and young

The female is paler and grayer than the male, with smaller, yellowish-brown wing patches.

Voice

A monotonous territorial song, also a low “wroww”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March · Most records: Singapore, Thailand, India

Large-tailed Nightjar has been recorded at 522 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 18 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Singapore Botanic GardensSingapore564 records
2. Kaeng Krachan NP – Baan Maka Nature LodgeThailand508 records
3. Kaeng Krachan NPThailand484 records

Countries and regions with the most records

SingaporeThailandIndiaMalaysiaIndonesiaAustraliaCambodiaVietnam

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) is a species of nightjar known for its distinctive long, broad tail and cryptic plumage that allows it to blend into its surroundings. Found along the southern Himalayan foothills, eastern South Asia, Southeast Asia and northern Australia, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

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