nightjar

1. Mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes;
   Feed on insects (synset 101837917)
   is a type of: caprimulgiform bird - long-winged nonpasserine birds
   subtypes:

   • 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
   belongs to: caprimulgidae, family caprimulgidae - goatsuckers
   same as: caprimulgid, goatsucker

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