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Star-spotted Nightjar
Caprimulgus stellatus Blundell & Lovat, 1899
Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
Star-spotted Nightjar, Caprimulgus stellatus, is a nightjar of the family Caprimulgidae found in Ethiopia, Somalia and central Kenya. It lives in low, dry country, including lava fields, stony and sandy semi-deserts, dwarf grassland and open bushland. It is similar to Plain Nightjar, but it can be told by the white throat patch divided by a dark line and by the corners of the tail. It was described by Blundell & Lovat in 1899.
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae — Nightjars
- Breeding range
- Africa: Ethiopia and Somalia to c Kenya
