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- Longueur
- 30–32 cm
- Envergure
- 58–64 cm
- Poids
- 90 g
Présence dans le détroit
Common summer visitor to open areas.
Identification
Nocturnal, medium-sized with highly cryptic plumage. Large, flat head and short bill. Very wide mouth, adapted to catching insects. Rusty-red nape. Long, broad tail and wings with white spots near tips, less noticeable in females. They can be located at night by their monotonous loudcall «cutoc-cutoc».
Déplacements
Peaks in 1st hf. May and 2nd hf. September.
Reprises de bagues
Seville (3). Caprimulgidae Chotacabras Europeo Chotacabras Cuellirrojo
Texte éditorial de Bioestrecho. Dernière révision : 8 septembre 2026.
Galerie
DétroitSusan Murphy, CC BY · 2025
Julien Renoult, CC BY · 2017
Julien Renoult, CC BY · 2017
Julien Renoult, CC BY · 2017
Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY · 2019
Christoph Moning, CC BY · 2021
