Tracked Egyptian nightjars showed strong fidelity to their roost sites, often returning to the same site in extremely dry and exposed environments.
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Tracked Egyptian nightjars showed strong fidelity to their roost sites, often returning to the same site in extremely dry and exposed environments.
The Egyptian nightjar has two widely separated breeding populations, one in north-west Africa and the other extending from Kazakhstan to Sinai.
Evidence: SRC-DSC-EC8291249B
In NAKTASHIF worlds:Deserts and arid lands
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261107T094046280 · last approved 7 November 2026
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Globally, the Egyptian nightjar is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
In the Dead Sea region the Egyptian nightjar was considered locally extinct until it was rediscovered in 2016.
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