Caprimulgus parvulus;
Little Nightjar;
Bacurau-pequeno.

Goto details of section A
Little Nightjar (Caprimulgus parvulus)
Recorded 24/12/2007 in Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. © H. Redies

Figure 1. Song of the Little Nightjar. Can be heard at the beginning of the rainy season, and is then one of the most prominent sounds of the "night concert", especially when there is a lot of moonlight.
Identification was based on the "Sound Guide" by Ranft and Cleere 1998.
There are variants of the song (to be added to this page at a later stage).

The recording was band-pass filtered (300Hz-5000Hz).

See fig. 2 for details of section with label A.

Little Nightjar (Caprimulgus parvulus)
Recorded 24/12/2007 in Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua, Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil. © H. Redies
CM2 mark for vim

Figure 2. Details of section "A" from fig. 1.

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