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Caprimulgus Europaeus
Goatsucker Goat"suck`er, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europ[ae]us); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.

Meaning of Caprimulgus from wikipedia

- tropics. Caprimulgus species have relatively long bills and rictal bristles. Many have repetitive and often mechanical songs. The genus Caprimulgus was introduced...
- The pennant-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) is a species of nightjar that occurs from Nigeria to northern South Africa. It is an intra-African...
- The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar...
- nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) is a nocturnal bird in the nightjar family. Previously placed with the pennant-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)...
- Nightjar (Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham)". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 64 (1): 110–111. Bharos,AMK (1992). "Feeding by Common Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus...
- Prigogine's nightjar (Caprimulgus prigoginei) or the Itombwe nightjar, is a bird species of tropical central Africa. It is known from only one specimen...
- Media related to Caprimulgus ruficollis at Wikimedia Commons Caprimulgus ruficollis in Field Guide: Birds of the World on Flickr "Caprimulgus ruficollis"....
- The Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius) is a medium-small nightjar which occurs in south west Asia and north Africa and winters in tropical Africa...
- Whip-poor-will Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology Whip-poor-will - Caprimulgus vociferus Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine - USGS Patuxent...
- "New evidence for sympatry in the sibling species Caprimulgus atripennis Jerdon and Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'...