European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 1188^th of 1524

Subject:	European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Description
Caprimulgus europaeus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Buffon
Old Latin name Caprimulgus europaeus
New Latin name Caprimulgus europaeus
Common name Nederlands: Nachtzwaluw
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caprimulgus_europaeus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16700035.tif

The European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Latin generic name refers to the old myth that the nocturnal nightjar suckled goats, causing them to cease to give milk.

Iconographia zoologica
1188/1524

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