
The rufous-cheeked nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 128 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Limpopo and beyond
Provinces where Rufous-cheeked Nightjar is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
128 records, iNaturalist
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Rufous-cheeked Nightjar: door gastheren waargenomen in of bij Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kruger National Park and Madikwe Game Reserve.
Soort
Caprimulgus rufigena
Waarnemingen
128
iNaturalist-waarnemingen
Elke boeking op Spekboom steunt natuurbehoud.
Een waarneming betekent dat een gastheer de Rufous-cheeked Nightjar op of bij het terrein heeft gezien. Een waarneming is nooit gegarandeerd.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Rufous-cheeked Nightjar at stays in or beside Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kruger National Park and Madikwe Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Rufous-cheeked Nightjar is most recorded in Limpopo (28% of records), Northern Cape (27% of records), North West (19% of records), based on 128 iNaturalist observations. 21 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Rufous-cheeked Nightjar on site or nearby.
The Rufous-cheeked Nightjar is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park: Aug-Oct, flowers, Mar-May; Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Madikwe Game Reserve: Apr-Sep. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The rufous-cheeked nightjar (Caprimulgus rufigena) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is an intra-African migrant that breeds in the south of its range. It spends the non-breeding season in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Chad and Sudan, the Republic of the Congo, the D.R.C. and western Central African Republic.