EditorialCaprimulgus vociferus, Print, The eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) is a medium-sized (22-27 cm) nightjar from North America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its camouflage. It is named...
EditorialEuropean nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist ...
EditorialNightjar, Pen, brush, black ink, black and gray wash, traces red wash, sheet: 14.4 ? 21.4 cm (5 11/16 ? 8 7/16?in.), Made in Germany, possibly?German, possibly 17th?century, Works on Paper - Drawings and?Watercolors.
EditorialLantern Slide - 'Spotted Nightjar Egg', 1920-1940, Coloured lantern slide depicting a spotted nightjar birds' egg amongst eucalyptus ground cover. Image by J. R. Kinghorn, (1891-1983), zoologist, museum curator and broadcaster. Kinghorn was employed at...
EditorialPodager semitorquatus, Print, Nacunda nighthawk, The nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surin...
EditorialCaprimulgus europaeus, Print, The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Lat...
EditorialChordeiles virginianus, Print, The common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark (grey, ...
EditorialCaprimulgus ruficollis, Print, 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., 1700-1880.
EditorialEurostopodus albigularis, Print, Eurostopodus is a genus of eared nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. This genus is distinctive among the Old World nightjars in lacking long rictal bristles. It also shows some features that are not shared with Caprim...
EditorialCaprimulgus eximius, Print, The golden nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Sahel region in northern Sub-Saharan Africa., 1700-1880.
EditorialCaprimulgus aegyptius, Print, The Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) is a medium-small nightjar which occurs in south west Asia and north Africa and winters in tropical Africa. This is a fairly common species with a wide distribution which faces...
EditorialCaprimulgus ruficollis, Print, 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., 1842-1848.
EditorialCaprimulgus vociferus, Print, The eastern whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus) is a medium-sized (22-27 cm) nightjar from North America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its camouflage. It is named...
EditorialPodager nacunda, Print, The nacunda nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,...
EditorialCaprimulgus europaeus, Print, The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Lat...
EditorialCaprimulgus pectoralis, Print, The fiery-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae, which occurs in Africa south of the equator. Its distinctive and frequently uttered call is rendered as 'good-lord-d...
EditorialChordeiles virginianus, Print, The common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark (grey, ...
EditorialChordeiles acutipennis, Print, The lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis) is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas., 1700-1880.
EditorialCaprimulgus europaeus, Print, The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Lat...
EditorialNightjar. c.1824. Nightjar of the genus 'Caprimulgus', probably a female Jungle Nightjar ('Caprimus Indicus'). From an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles. Watercolour. Originally published/pr...
EditorialA Common Indian Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus), ca. 1780, Made in India, probably Lucknow, Opaque watercolor on paper, Painting: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm), Codices, The Latin name for the nightjar, Caprimulgus asiaticus, translates as ?goat sucker? and...
EditorialLong-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus climacurus (Long-tailed goatsucker). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialAustralian owlet nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus or tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides? (Banded goatsucker, Caprimulgus vittatus.) Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823.
EditorialPennant-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillarius (Macrodipteryx africanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Birds of Western Africa, Edinburgh, W.H. L...
EditorialBarn owl, Tyto alba, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, ...
EditorialScissor-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis torquata (Scissars tailed goat-sucker, Caprimulgus psalurus). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1828.
EditorialStandard-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx longipennis (Leona goat-sucker, Caprimulgus macrodipterus). Illustration by Samuel Howitt. Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1828.
EditorialEuropean nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist ...
EditorialTawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. P...