Species of Thailand
Grey nightjar
Thai: นกตบยุงภูเขา, nok top yung phukhao
Binomial name: Caprimulgus jotaka, Coenraad Jacob Temminck & Hermann Schlegel, 1845
The grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka) is a species of nightjar found in East Asia. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the jungle nightjar (C. indicus), its South Asian relative.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Caprimulgiformes
- Family
- Caprimulgidae
- Genus
- Caprimulgus
- Species
- Caprimulgus jotaka
Common names
- Thai: นกตบยุงภูเขา, nok top yung phukhao
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Grey nightjar
- Bang Pu Recreation Centre
- Bangkok Province
- Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Doi Inthanon National Park
- Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Kantharawichai District, Maha Sarakham
- Khao Luang National Park
- Khao Phra - Bang Khram Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sok National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Klaeng District, Rayong
- Ko Samui District, Surat Thani
- Mae Wong National Park
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Phitsanulok District, Phitsanulok
- Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi
- Mueang Tak District, Tak
- Pang Sida National Park
- Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom
- Sai Yok National Park
- Samut Prakan Province
- Tarutao National Marine Park
Range map of Caprimulgus jotaka in Thailand
Important note; our range maps are based on limited data we have collected. The data is not necessarily accurate or complete.
Special thanks to Ton Smits, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Ian Dugdale and many others for their contribution for range data.
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