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Caprimulgus affinis · Family Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgus affinis
Family Caprimulgidae
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 74,059
- Countries and territories with records
- 25
About this species
This species has 74,059 occurrence records from 25 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (64.1%), India (21%), Indonesia (6%), Singapore (2%) and Thailand (1.2%); together they account for 94.3% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.22% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Caprimulgus affinis combines the genus name Caprimulgus with the species epithet affinis. The Warbla app catalog lists 35 species of the genus Caprimulgus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Caprimulgus europaeus, Caprimulgus pectoralis and Caprimulgus macrurus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 85 species of the family Caprimulgidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Chordeiles minor. Its record count is 2.2 times the family average (34,050). The family Caprimulgidae belongs to the order Caprimulgiformes, which has 101 species in the Warbla app catalog.