Species profile
Vaurie's Nightjar
Caprimulgus centralasicus
Quick answer
W China (known from a 1960 specimen from w Xinjiang)
- Scientific name
- Caprimulgus centralasicus
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Genus
- Caprimulgus
Recording Vaurie's Nightjar in your journal
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Related species in Caprimulgidae
- Andaman Nightjar (Caprimulgus andamanicus)
- Antillean Nighthawk (Chordeiles gundlachii)
- Archbold's Nightjar (Eurostopodus archboldi)
- Asio fasciata (Asio fasciata)
- Asio spilogaster (Asio spilogaster)
- Bahian Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne vielliardi)
- Band-Tailed Nighthawk (Nyctiprogne leucopyga)
- Bates's Nightjar (Caprimulgus batesi)