French: Engoulevent à collier roux German: Rothals-Ziegenmelker Spanish: Chotacabras cuellirrojo
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution
C. r. ruficollis
Temminck, 1820 – Spain, Portugal and N Morocco.
C. r. desertorum
Erlanger, 1899 – NE Morocco, N Algeria (S to Great Atlas Mts) and N Tunisia.
Winters mainly in W Africa.
30–32 cm; male 70–102 g, female 81–86 g, unsexed 60–119 g. Sexually dimorphic. Upperparts greyish brown streaked blackish brown; broad buff or tawny-... read more
Song of male (given mainly, almost exclusively, in breeding season, and usually starting c. 30... read more
Typically lowlands and hillsides, with scattered vegetation and bare ground, in pine woodland,... read more
Food and feeding
Diet includes both flying and flightless insects, including moths, moth larvae, locusts and locust nymphs, mosquitoes, flies, grasshoppers... read more
Breeds early May to late Aug in Spain and Portugal, and mid-May to Aug in C Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Possibly double-brooded. Probably... read more
Migratory. Nominate race leaves breeding grounds by late Oct or Nov. Regular autumn migrant... read more
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Reasonably common in Spain with 100,000–131,000 breeding pairs, range and population levels apparently not declining; locally... read more
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