The taxonomic position and breeding range of Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius (Caprimulgidae)

Yvonne Lawrie; Robert  Swann; Peter Stronach; Yoav Perlman; J Martin Collinson

doi:10.2989/00306525.2017.1279691

The taxonomic position and breeding range of Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius (Caprimulgidae)

Yvonne Lawrie, Robert Swann, Peter Stronach, Yoav Perlman, J Martin Collinson

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Abstract

Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius is an apparently sedentary sub-Saharan species with a breeding range extending from Senegal and Mauritania to Sudan. Although genetic studies of nightjars and related Caprimulgiformes have been published previously, none has included Golden Nightjar. In this study, mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of a Golden Nightjar found dead in Western Sahara in April 2016 was sequenced and compared with other species in the genus Caprimulgus. It was concluded with strong support that Golden Nightjar is closely related to Egyptian Nightjar C. aegyptius. It is hypothesised that Golden and Egyptian Nightjars may have arisen by splitting of a single ancestral species into migratory and sedentary populations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	281-286
Number of pages	6
Journal	Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
Volume	88
Issue number	3
Early online date	15 Feb 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2017.1279691
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Caprimulgus aegyptius
Caprimulgus eximius
Golden Nightjar
taxonomy
molecular phylogeny
Nubian Nightjar
Caprimulgus nubicus
molecular sexing
systematics
Western Sahara

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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Lawrie, Y., Swann, R., Stronach, P., Perlman, Y., & Collinson, J. M. (2017). The taxonomic position and breeding range of Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius (Caprimulgidae). Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology, 88(3), 281-286. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2017.1279691

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