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red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)
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Caprimulgus ruficollis -Portugal-8 - red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis).jpg
Resolution: 2521x1639 File Size: 2784547 Bytes Date: 2010:08:10 21:34:25 Camera: NIKON D300 (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/4.0 Exposure: 10/2500 sec Focal Length: 3000/10 Upload Date: 2017:03:07 14:23:37

red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)


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Caprimulgus ruficollis
Afrikaans: Rooineknaguil in Abrantes, Portugal
English: A Red-necked Nightjar in Abrantes, Portugal
Português: Noitibó-de-nuca-vermelha. Foto tirada na zona de Abrantes
Date 10 August 2010
Author Olivença
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caprimulgus_ruficollis_-Portugal-8.jpg

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. The variegated plumage resembles the European nightjar. Caprimulgus is derived from the Latin capra, "nanny goat", and mulgere, "to milk", referring to an old myth that nightjars suck milk from goats. The specific ruficollis is from Latin rufus, "red", and collum, "neck".
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Genus: Caprimulgus
Species: Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820

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Scientific Name: Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820
Common Names: Red-necked Nightjar
French: Engoulevent à collier roux German: Rothals-Ziegenmelker Spanish: Chotacabras cuellirrojo
Taxonomy: Caprimulgus ruficollis Temminck, 1820, Algeciras, Spain.

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