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nightjar

DEFINITIONS OF: nightjar

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n mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects

Synonyms:
caprimulgid, goatsucker
Types:
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Caprimulgus europaeus, European goatsucker, European nightjar
Old World goatsucker
Caprimulgus carolinensis, chuck-will's-widow
large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States
Caprimulgus vociferus, whippoorwill
American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage
bullbat, mosquito hawk, nighthawk
mainly nocturnal North American goatsucker
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, poorwill
goatsucker of western North America
Type of:
caprimulgiform bird
long-winged nonpasserine birds
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