Caprimulgus solala Safford, Ash, Duckworth, Telfer & Zewdie, 1995
Nechisar nightjar
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1990
Rediscovered in April 2009
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Safford, R. J.; Ash, J. S.; Duckworth, J. W.; Telfer, M. G.; Zewdie, C. (1995). A new species of nightjar from Ethiopia. Ibis 137: 301-307.
Other references:
Anon. 2009. Rarest bird on Earth - spotted at last! Africa - Birds & Birding 14(4): 58.
BirdLife International. (2012). Caprimulgus solala. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 13 December 2014.
Butchart, S. H. M. 2007. Nechisar Nightjar Caprimulgus solala. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 14(2): 142.
EWNHS. 1996. Important Bird Areas of Ethiopia: a first inventory. Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Addis Ababa.
Forero, M. G.; Tella, J. L. 1997. Sexual dimorphism, plumage variability and species determination in nightjars: the need for further examination of the Nechisar Nightjar Caprimulgus solala. Ibis 139: 407-409.
Head, Vernon R. L. (2015). The search for the rarest bird in the world. Oxford: Signal Books. 244 pp.
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