Species Detail - European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Caprimulgus europaeus
European Nightjar
Nightjar
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Red List
caeur
Linnaeus, 1758
bird
Species
4
4
4
11/06/2005
12/06/2021
31 May (recorded in 2020)
14 June (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/11209>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)