red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) Description
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
