European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

Description
English: Nightjar (as Caprimulgus Europæus L.). Image from Natural History, Birds.
Date 1849
Source https://archive.org/details/NaturalHistoryBirds
Author Philip Henry Gosse
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Natural_History,_Birds_-_Nightjar.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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Description		European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) Description English: Nightjar (as Caprimulgus Europæus L.). Image from Natural History, Birds. Date 1849 Source https://archive.org/details/NaturalHistoryBirds Author Philip Henry Gosse Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Natural_History,_Birds_-_Nightjar.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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