A new species of nightjar from Zaïre

Abstract

Prigogine's Nightjar Caprimulgus prigoginei is described from a single skin collected in 1955 in Itombwe, eastern Zaïre. The species is unknown in life. Because of its distinct morphology: rather stiff feathers, small tail/wing proportion, broad head, short rictal bristles and its speckled plumage, it is considered to be without close relatives.