tropics. Caprimulgus species have relatively long bills and rictal bristles. Many have repetitive and often mechanical songs. The genus Caprimulgus was introduced...
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European nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus europaeus)
The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar...
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Eastern whip-poor-will (redirect from Caprimulgus vociferus)
Whip-poor-will Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - USGS Patuxent...
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Chuck-will's-widow (redirect from Caprimulgus carolinensis)
placed it with all the other nightjars in the genus Caprimulgus and coined the binomial name Caprimulgus carolinensis. Gmelin based his description on those...
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Timor nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus ritae)
The Timor nightjar (Caprimulgus ritae) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Southeast Asia on the islands of Timor, Rote...
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Large-tailed nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus macrurus)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caprimulgus macrurus. Wikispecies has information related to Caprimulgus macrurus. at Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India...
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Indian nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus asiaticus)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 64 (1): 110–111. Bharos,AMK (1992). "Feeding by Common Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus...
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Erebus caprimulgus caprimulgus Erebus caprimulgus orion (Hampson, 1913) (Borneo) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Erebus caprimulgus. Yu, Dicky...
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Fiery-necked nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)
pectoralis shelleyi - Caprimulgus pectoralis fervidus - Caprimulgus pectoralis crepusculans - Caprimulgus pectoralis pectoralis An adult...
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Standard-winged nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus longipennis)
The standard-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) is a nocturnal bird in the nightjar family. It is a resident breeder in Africa from Senegal east...
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Common nighthawk (redirect from Caprimulgus minor)
Chordeiles Species: C. minor Binomial name Chordeiles minor (J. R. Forster, 1771) Subspecies See text Synonyms Caprimulgus minor Chordeiles virginianus...
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Grey nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus jotaka)
The grey nightjar or gray nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka) is a species of nightjar found in East Asia. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the jungle...
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Prigogine's nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus prigoginei)
Prigogine's nightjar (Caprimulgus prigoginei) or the Itombwe nightjar, is a bird species of tropical central Africa. It is known from only one specimen...
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Brown nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus binotatus)
Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae Genus: Veles Bangs, 1918 Species: V. binotatus Binomial name Veles binotatus (Bonaparte, 1850) Synonyms Caprimulgus binotatus...
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Savanna nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus affinis)
The savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis), also known as allied nightjar or Franklin's nightjar, is a species of nightjar found in South and Southeast...
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Phalaenoptilus – common poorwill Genus Antrostomus (12 species) Genus Caprimulgus (40 species, including the European nightjar) Genus Setopagis (4 species)...
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Red-necked nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820 60 Jungle nightjar Caprimulgus indicus Latham, 1790 61 Grey nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Temminck...
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Chirruping nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus griseatus)
The chirruping nightjar or kayumanggi nightjar (Caprimulgus griseatus) is a species of nightjar found in Philippines. Two subspecies are recognised: C...
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Red-necked nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus ruficollis)
Media related to Caprimulgus ruficollis at Wikimedia Commons Caprimulgus ruficollis in Field Guide: Birds of the World on Flickr "Caprimulgus ruficollis"....
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Jerdon's nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus atripennis)
"New evidence for sympatry in the sibling species Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon and Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'...
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Pennant-winged nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus vexillarius)
The pennant-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) is a species of nightjar that occurs from Nigeria to northern South Africa. It is an intra-African...
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Egyptian nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus aegyptius)
The Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) is a medium-small nightjar which occurs in south west Asia and north Africa and winters in tropical Africa...
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Todd's nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus heterurus)
Wilkinson, F.A.; Holland, A.P. (2009). "First record of Todd's Nightjar Caprimulgus heterurus in Guyana". Bull. B.O.C. 129 (2): 119–120. Costa, T.V.V; Stotz...
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Collared nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus enarratus)
Genus: Gactornis Han, Robbins & Braun, M, 2010 Species: G. enarratus Binomial name Gactornis enarratus (Gray, GR, 1871) Synonyms Caprimulgus enarratus...
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Philippine nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus manillensis)
The Philippine nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its local names...
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Jungle nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus indicus)
The jungle nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) is a species of nightjar found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is found mainly on the edge of forests where it...
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Rufous nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus rufus)
Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae Genus: Antrostomus Species: A. rufus Binomial name Antrostomus rufus (Boddaert, 1783) Synonyms Caprimulgus rufus...
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Mexican whip-poor-will (redirect from Caprimulgus arizonae)
Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae Genus: Antrostomus Species: A. arizonae Binomial name Antrostomus arizonae Brewster, 1881 Synonyms Caprimulgus arizonae...
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Palau nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus phalaena)
The Palau nightjar (Caprimulgus phalaena) is a species of nightjar endemic to Palau. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the grey nightjar. BirdLife...
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Band-winged nightjar (redirect from Caprimulgus longirostris)
November 2021. Cleere, N. (2006). "A new subspecies of Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris from Central Chile". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'...
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