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Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the subfamily Caprimulginae and in the family Nightjars are characterised by long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes called goatsuckers, due to the ancient folk tale that they sucked the milk from goats (the Latin for goatsucker is Caprimulgus), or bugeaters, their primary source of food being insects. Some New World species are called nighthawks.
Goatsuckers, nighthawks
Antillean Nighthawk
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Buff-collared Nightjar
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Ceylon Frogmouth
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Chuck-will's-widow
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Common Nighthawk
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Common Pauraque
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Common Poorwill
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Dusky Nightjar
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Eared Poorwill
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Eastern Whip-poor-will
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Eurasian Nightjar
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Great Eared-nightjar
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Greater Antillean Nightjar
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Grey Nightjar
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Indian Jungle Nightjar
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Indian Nightjar
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Jamaican Pauraque
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Jerdon's Nightjar
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Large-tailed Nightjar
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Least Pauraque
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Lesser Nighthawk
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Mexican Whip-poor-will
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Ocellated Poorwill
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Puerto Rican Nightjar
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Rufous Nightjar
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Savanna Nightjar
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Short-tailed Nighthawk
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Spot-tailed Nightjar
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Sykes's Nightjar
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Tawny-collared Nightjar
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White-tailed Nightjar
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Yucatan Nightjar
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Yucatan Poorwill
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