CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Eurostopodidae

Eurostopodus mystacalis  

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)
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© Vik Dunis 2011
Bunyip State Park, VIC (Dec, 2011)

This poor photograph of a White-throated Nightjar on the ground was taken by spotlight from a distance.

The bird is facing left with its wings raised, about to take off.

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

Yawn

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

White-throated Nightjar

White-throated Nightjar (Eurostopodus mystacalis)

Juvenile White-throated Nightjar