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F. Haverschmidt, Birds of Surinam (1968), includes much information on the South American caprimulgiforms. J.P. Chapin, The Birds of the Belgian Congo, vol. 2 (1939), contains readable accounts of the natural history of several tropical nightjars. D.W. Snow, “The Natural History of the Oilbird, Steatornis caripensis, in Trinidad, W.I.,” Zoologica, 46:27–48 (1961) and 47:199–222 (1962), provides an excellent and readable account of the natural history of that species. The information on nightjar hibernation is scattered among a number of short journal articles, but the reader will find interesting summaries in E.C. Jaeger, “Further Observations on the Hibernation of the Poorwill,” Condor, 51(3):105–109 (1949); and J.T. Marshall, Jr., “Hibernation in Captive Goatsuckers,” Condor, 57(3):129–134 (1955). A review of the later work in this field is presented by G.T. Austin and W.G. Bradley, “Additional Responses of the Poorwill to Low Temperatures,” Auk, 86(4):717–725 (1969).
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 12, 2026 | ||
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| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |