European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Query: birds of europe

Result: 400^th of 1703

Subject:	European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
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Description
English: Caprimulgus europaeus
Français: Caprimulgus europaeus
Date between 1871 and 1881
Source A history of the birds of Europe, by Henry E. Dresser https://archive.org/stream/historyofbirdsof14dres#page/271/mode/2up
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gerrard_Keulemans
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caprimulgus_europaeus_Keulemans.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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