Grey nightjar explained

The grey nightjar or gray 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.^[1] The grey nightjar, a nocturnal bird species, breeds and forages in early successional habitats surrounded bu forests; its populations have declined since the 1970s in Japan.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Rasmussen, PC & JC Anderton 2005. Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide. Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Edicions.
2. Kawamura . Kazuhiro . Yamaura . Yuichi . Nakamura . Futoshi . 2023-07-04 . Early successional habitats created through plantation harvesting benefit the Gray Nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka): An 8-year survey in central Hokkaido, northern Japan . Journal of Forest Research . en . 28 . 4 . 289–296 . 10.1080/13416979.2023.2195038 . 1341-6979. 2115/91439 . free .