{"id":3117,"date":"2023-02-10T12:32:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T12:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:38:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:38:53","slug":"engoulevent-degypte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/engoulevent-degypte\/","title":{"rendered":"Engoulevent d’\u00c9gypte : Tout ce qu’il faut savoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) is a night bird that lives in southwest Africa\u2019s deserts and semi-deserts including the countries of Egypt, Morocco, Libya, and Sudan. It has medium in size with a length of approximately 25 cm and a wingspan of up to 60cm and mottled brown plumage, his eyes are black and large which makes it able to the night vision.<\/p>\n

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The Reason Of Why It is Called Nightjar:<\/h2>\n

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This Egyptian nightjar Caprimulgus name refers to its native desert and semi-desert habitat in North Africa and Egypt exactly, and the origin of this name at that time was called by the Athenian \u00ab\u00a0Aegyptius\u00a0\u00bb. And called \u201cNightjar\u201d because of his activity at night The opposite of day which means \u201cNight\u201d and \u201cJar\u201d means \u201cjarring noise\u201d because It makes strange and wondrous sounds at night.<\/p>\n

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The Sound Of Nightjar Bird:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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When a group of European ornithologists was on an expedition to birds in Africa, they encountered this bird, and they heard its voice before seeing it. They thought it was a ghost or a strange creature. When they saw it, they were shocked that it was a small bird which is like a series of loud, melodious trills and they describe it it\u2019s like a flute or a lute and sometimes it looks like chuckles and whistles, each one still some seconds and these sounds the male uses it to attracts the female’s attention to mate her. This means the male is alone and needs a female, he expresses how he feels alone.<\/p>\n

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The Nightjar Known For:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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the nightjars are a group of birds that belong to the Caprimulgidae family which is known for their unique adaptation making them able to hunt and feed at night more than during the day. and the color of their plumage makes them go incognito and aligns with the Earth during the day.<\/p>\n

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It has also a unique nocturnal habit, his name is referred to as Its night activities he chooses a night to look for feeds because the night is calm and they have a keen hearing to locate the little prey and insects, also they have a large mouth to capture the preys easily.<\/p>\n

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Another thing that makes this bird distinct that is put its eggs on the earth directly without any nesting material to protect the eggs which make him vulnerable to other animals such as snakes and others. But the camouflage and its color make it blend in with the color of the earth, this might protect it a little.<\/p>\n

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The Reason For The recent Disappearance of The Nightjar:<\/h2>\n

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As we know nightjars live in deserts area and feed on insects Some dry desert plants, and deserts recently are dry because there is no water and rain, so there aren\u2019t insects and plants to feed on it.<\/p>\n

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And hunting also can be one of the reasons that can affect nightjar continuity because the proportion of reproduction in Nightjar is very few and bright and if we add hunting, really will be completely extinct.<\/p>\n

The Lifespan of Nightjars:<\/h2>\n
the lifespan of European\u00a0Nightjars It is determined according to the state of the climate and the atmosphere in which they live but the most of nightjars live four years and they start breeding when they complete one year. and the the maximum age for wild nightjars is over than 12 year.<\/div>\n

Other Name For Egyptian Nightjar:<\/h2>\n
This bird is called also Desert Nightjar and that refer to the places that he lives like\u00a0deserts and arid regions, particularly in the deserts of North Africa, including the Sahara Desert.<\/div>\n
and also because of his characteristics that help them adapt with the desert such as his big eyes that\u00a0reflect lighting and make him a clear vision at night.<\/div>\n

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Le nom de cet engoulevent \u00e9gyptien Caprimulgus fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 son habitat d\u00e9sertique et semi-d\u00e9sertique d’origine en Afrique du Nord et en \u00c9gypte pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, et l’origine de ce nom \u00e0 l’\u00e9poque \u00e9tait appel\u00e9e par l’Ath\u00e9nien \u00ab\u00a0Aegyptius\u00a0\u00bb. Il est appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0engoulevent\u00a0\u00bb en raison de son activit\u00e9 nocturne, \u00e0 l’oppos\u00e9 du jour, ce qui signifie \u00ab\u00a0nuit\u00a0\u00bb, et […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oiseaux-du-monde-entier","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4756,"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions\/4756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merzougabirding.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}