European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

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Subject:	European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
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Title A bird: a nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Wood engraving,
Description
A bird: a nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). Wood engraving, ca. 1889.
Iconographic Collections
Source/Photographer
http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/db/44/bdb0df3dd2bbd92b7c3cd8c6c8b0.jpg
Gallery: http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0022366.html
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_bird;_a_nightjar_(Caprimulgus_europaeus)._Wood_engraving,_Wellcome_V0022366.jpg

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.

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