Species Detail - European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Caprimulgus europaeus
European Nightjar
NHMSYS0000530242
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caeur
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
5
5
5
11/06/2005
12/06/2021
31 May (recorded in 2020)
4 July (recorded in 2019)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), accessed 26 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11209>