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- Caprimulgus affinis
Identification
Plumage greyish brown with fine blakish mottles on upper parts.From large-tailed Nightjar slimmer appearance and short tail and lacking the bold markings on the upperparts of the former. Male-From all nightjars by all white outer tail feathers.Has white patchs on the wings. Female-Entire tail greyish brown with buff wing patch.Voice-A harsh rasping high-pitch CHWEEZ uttered both in flight and at rest.
Distribution
The Indian subcontinent east to south China,South-East Asia discontinuously to the Greater and Lesser Sundas,Sulawesi and the Philippines.
