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title: "Succiacapre collorosso"
description: "Caprimulgus ruficollis — Uccelli. The red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) is the largest of the nightjars occurring in Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-necked-nightjar
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Succiacapre collorosso

> Caprimulgus ruficollis — Uccelli. The red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) is the largest of the nightjars occurring in Europe.

- Scientific name: *Caprimulgus ruficollis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 962
- Wikidata: [Q1137192](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1137192)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19482](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19482)

## Names

- en: Red-necked Nightjar
- de: Rothalsziegenmelker
- es: Chotacabras cuellirojo
- fr: Engoulevent à collier roux
- it: Succiacapre collorosso
- nl: Moorse nachtzwaluw
- pt: Noitibó-de-nuca-vermelha
- pl: Lelek rdzawoszyi

## Countries with the most observations

ES (529), PT (205), MA (56), FR (14), DZ (10)

## Summary

The red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) is the largest of the nightjars occurring in Europe. It breeds in Iberia and North Africa, and winters in tropical West Africa.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_nightjar

## Photo

![Succiacapre collorosso](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-necked-nightjar/medium.jpg)

Photo: Pablo Galván Mateos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283208441

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-necked-nightjar?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).