🐦European Nightjar
Natravn (Caprimulgus europaeus) er en fugl i ordenen af natravne, der er udbredt i Europa, Nordafrika og dele af Asien. Den yngler f.eks. i skovlysninger eller på heder med spredt bevoksning, hvor den ligesom flagermus jager insekter i skumringen. I Danmark er arten en fåtallig yngletrækfugl og findes især i fyrreskov på sandet bund. Natravnen har en karakteristisk spindende stemme, der kan høres ved tusmørketid. De danske fugle overvintrer i det sydlige og østlige Afrika.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.07 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the European Nightjar
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.07 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.07 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.13 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.18 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatShrublandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleAerialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for European Nightjar yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderCaprimulgiformes
- ›familyCaprimulgidae
- ›genusCaprimulgus
- ›speciesCaprimulgus europaeus
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
All 9 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
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