African Bird Club

Pennant-winged Nightjar - Adult male

Photographer

» Brad Dawe

Location

» 10 km off the Cabinda coast, Angola

Country image taken

» Angola

Date

» July, 2006

Equipment

» Nikon D70s with 6Mp and Tamron 200-500 lens taken at 200

Bird Species

»Caprimulgus vexillarius - Pennant-winged Nightjar

Bird Species (French)

»Engoulevent porte-étendard

Bird Family

»Caprimulgidae - Nightjars

Bird Group

»Caprimulgiformes Nightjar

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» It was early morning around 8 am and we are not far from shore at all. At one end of our transect we are only 10k from shore and the furthest about 30K. I sighted him when we were close to shore. I noticed him flying around the vessel as we were conducting small boat operations. He continued to flit about the vessel occasionally landing. Noticed he would never land in the rigging of the vessel but always landed on deck and would "huddle" down until spooked again.