#caprimulgidae

[herpsandbirds]

nightjar go :0

(do not say, "so does your mom" don't say it...)

Yes, I love watching them hunt!

Here's a favorite for you...

Common Poorwill (Phalaenoptilus nuttallii) getting a drink of water, family Caprimulgidae, order Caprimulgiformes, western USA

photograph by Scott Linstead

[niqvassieart]

5-10 min nightjar studies to help me with a book illustration i was working on. Such beautiful and weird birds!

[alonglistofbirds]

[2619/11080] Common nighthawk - Chordeiles minor

Order: Caprimulgiformes (nightjars) Family: Caprimulgidae Subfamily: Chordeilinae (nighthawks)

Photo credit: David M. Bell via Macaulay Library

[birdblues]

Common Nighthawk

[podartists]

Engoulevent (1880) | Léo-Paul Robert (1851-1923)

[inaturalist-unofficial]

[Image Description: A nightjar stands on an airfryer box. Meme text says “Clearly, you own an airfryer.” /End ID.]

Observation photo © iwank on iNaturalist

[proton-wobbler]

Finals!

(sort-of; there will be one last round after this for the four winners to face off.)

Faves Bracket

Blakiston's Fish Owl vs Oilbird

Pretty Bracket

Purple Honeycreeper vs Pink Robin

True Hipsters Bracket

Sickle-winged Nightjar vs Palawan Peacock-pheasant

The Fourth One!

Oriental Bay-Owl vs Groove-billed Ani

[libelelle]

Forever mad i cant be tumblr user cathartidae

[new-dinosaurs]

Quechuavis van Els et al., 2023 (new genus)

(An individual of Quechuavis decussata, photographed by christian_nunes, under CC BY-NC 4.0)

Meaning of name: Quechuavis = Quechua bird [in Latin]

Species included: Q. decussata (Tschudi's nightjar, type species, previously in Systellura)

Age: Holocene (Meghalayan), extant

Where found: Arid, open habitats in western Peru and northern Chile

Notes: Quechuavis decussata is a nightjar, a group of nocturnal, insect-eating birds. Nightjars typically spend the day camouflaged against the ground and use their wide mouths to capture flying insects at night. The Tschudi's nightjar was formerly considered a subspecies of the band-winged nightjar (Systellura longirostris), and even after being recognized as a separate species, has generally still been classified in the genus Systellura. However, genetic studies have shown that it is not closely related to members of the genus Systellura, nor does it appear to have any particularly close relatives among other South American nightjars. As a result, a new study reassigns the Tschudi's nightjar to a unique new genus.

Reference: Costa, T.V.V., P. van Els, M.J. Braun, B.M. Whitney, N. Cleere, S. Sigurðsson, and L.F. Silveira. 2023. Systematic revision and generic classification of a clade of New World nightjars (Caprimulgidae), with descriptions of new genera from South America. Avian Systematics 1: 55–99.

[herpsandbirds]

opinion on nightjars?

Delightful magnificent effervescent resplendent!

Great-eared Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis), family Caprimulgidae, order Caprimulgiformes, found in SE Asia

Photographs by FlyWithJenisha

[far-side-skies]

Storm Hawks OC Challenge - January 2023!

Happy new year everyone! Hope everyone's had a good first few hours of 2023. I'm happy to announce that this month's bird challenge will be based on the Great-Eared Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)!

Native to South and Southeast Asia, the great-eared nightjar makes its home in subtropical and lowland tropical forests. They're most active at dusk and nighttime, and have a distinctive tsiik! call. Great-Eeared Nightjars are the largest birds of the Caprimulgidae family.

The deadline this month is Thursday the 26th of January at 6pm GMT. As always, rules and extra images, including an optional colour palette are below the cut.

Minimum requirements for drawn entries to be put in the winner's vote are a name, occupation, the character's home/birth Terra and at least one paragraph (or about 100 words) of written backstory.

Minimum requirements for written (i.e. written dossiers without art, or mini-fics for the character) are 500 words including backstory and appearance. Feel free to make a mini-fic out of this challenge, I'll make sure to link it with the final collage as well.

Entrants who are part of the Storm Hawks discord server will have the chance of getting a custom role for the next month! If you’re not part of the discord server, please ask for an invite if you’re interested.

You're not expected to create a character from scratch for this challenge. If you've got an older character concept that's been collecting dust or that you'd like to take the opportunity to revamp, feel free! The goal of this challenge is to inspire people.

Make sure to tag me in your entries and also DM me with a link to your entry. Tumblr is not always reliable about notifications for this sort of thing, and I don't want to risk missing anyone's entries, so better safe than sorry.

The group collage of entries, and the winner's vote are opt-in. Participation of those parts of this challenge are not mandatory.

The winner of the vote will receive a free sketch piece of their character from me.

[alonglistofbirds]

[2857/11080] Cuban nightjar - Antrostomus cubanensis

Order: Caprimulgiformes (nightjars) Family: Caprimulgidae Subfamily: Caprimulginae (typical nightjars)

Photo credit: Greg Griffith via Macaulay Library

[birdblues]

Lesser Nighthawk

[proton-wobbler]

Battle Royale

Family Reunion (C-5)

Some families are more popular than others, you know? It's a miracle there wasn't a submission for ever single corvid that's ever existed. Instead, we have these guys.

[boyahia]

السُبَد الأوروبيّ (الاسم العلمي:Caprimulgus europaeus) (بالإنجليزية: European Nightjar) هو طائر ينتمي إلى (فصيلة: Caprimulgidae). يعيش السبد في كافة أرجاء العالم. وينشط طائر السبد في الليل وفي الصباح الباكر والمساء، ويتغذى بصورةٍ رئيسة على البَشَّارَة (الفراشة) وحشراتٍ طائرة أخرى كبيرة الحجم. ولمعظم طيور السبد أرجل صغيرة قليلاً ما تستخدم للمشي، وأجنحتُها طويلة مدببة. وريشُها الناعم المُلون يُموهُها فتشبه لحاء الشجر أو أوراقه. وتلزم بعض أنواع السبد مكانها على محاذاة أفرُع الشجر، على غير عادة الطيور الأخرى التي تحُط بعرض الأفرع. الأمر الذي يساعدها في الاختباء خلال النهار. ويُعد نبات السرخس بيئته المفضلة. و يعتبر طائر الكومون بورويل (Common Poorwill)، واسمه العلمي Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (فالنبتيلس ناتالى)نوع فريد من هذه الطيور حيث يدخل في مرحلةٍ أشبه بمراحل السبات الشتوي، فيصبح جسمه باردًا وتنخفض حرارته لأسابيع أو حتى شهورٍ، وتدخل أنواع أخرى من طائر السبد في حالةٍ من الخدر (السبات) ولكن لفتراتٍ أقصر. وتضع أنثى السبد بيضة أو بيضتين منقوشتين على الأرض مباشرة. واقترح البعض أن طائر السبد ينقل بيضه وصغاره من الأعشاش في حالات الخطر عن طريق حملهم في فمه. وتكرر هذا الاقتراح عدة مرات في كتبٍ في علم الطيور، وقد يحدث هذا عَرَضًا، ولكن كشفت الدراسات عن طائر السبد عدم وجود أدلة دامغة تُدعم هذه الفكرة. ============= @boyahia ============= Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae, characterized 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,due to their insectivore diet. Some New Worldspecies are called nighthawks. The English word 'nightjar' originally referred to the European nightjar. Nightjars are found around the world. They are mostly active in the late evening and early morning or at night, usually nest on the ground, and feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects. (at مطار الكويت الدولي - Starbucks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnW739yKQCj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=