European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Query: Birds of europe

Result: 535^th of 1703

Subject:	European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
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Description
British ornithology : being the history, with a coloured representation, of every known species of British birds /
Date 1821.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/18773951158
Author George Graves
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_ornithology_(18773951158).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.

Birds of europe
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