Description:

Medium-sized sexually dimorphic sandy-grey or pale grey nightjar. Bold streaking on crown, nape and scapulars. Underparts are neatly barred and generally paler grey. Buffish outer edges to scapulars form prominent line, and spotting on wing-coverts is usually clearly defined.

Distribution:

Rare and elusive summer visitor to the southern parts of Gilgit-Baltistan, mainly Gilgit, Diamer and Ghizer. Mainly prefers dry, open country scattered trees and bushes, sparsely forested woodland, rocky slopes with scattered bushes, up to 2800m.

Behavior:

Foraging flight is agile and buoyant. Hunts over open country, in clearings, along woodland edges, glades, gardens and orchards, over wetlands, in meadows, around grazing animals, and over stagnant ponds. Diet includes moths, beetles, mantises, mayflies, dragonflies, cockroaches, bugs, lacewings, caddisflies and flies. Also feeds on spiders and mites.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eurasian Nightjar in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eurasian Nightjar

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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