Nightjar: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	goatsucker • Caprimulginae

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European Nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus, with mottled brown and gray plumage, perched on a lichen-covered post against a blurred green background.

Male common nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) landing

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Caprimulgus plain nightjar lyre-tailed nightjar pennant-winged nightjar standard-wing nightjar common nightjar Whippoorwill Poorwill Chuck-will’s-widow Pauraque Nighthawk

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