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Caprimulgus

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n.1.the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
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Noun1.Caprimulgus - type genus of the CaprimulgidaeCaprimulgus - type genus of the Caprimulgidae      
genus Caprimulgus
bird genus - a genus of birds
Caprimulgidae, family Caprimulgidae - goatsuckers
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
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He was already interested in the flora and fauna of Australia and when Leichhardt visited the Calvert brothers' bush hut at Redhead, James presented him with a Caprimulgus albogularis (white-throated goat-sucker) to dissect (4).
James Calvert, Louisa Atkinson and the plains of promise: the story ... by Clarke, Patricia / M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia
otus (Linnaeus), long-eared I R owl Athene cunicularia (Molina), W R burrowing owl Bubo virginianus (Gmelin), great I C horned owl Nyctea scandiaca (Linnaeus), snow N R owl Otus asio (Linnaeus), eastern I C screech-owl Strix varia Barton, barred owl I O Order Caprimulgiformes goatsuckers, oilbirds, and allies) Family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers) Caprimulgus carolinensis Gmelin, S R chuck-will's-widow C.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Recorded in DSNP: 2 [+1] The globally near-threatened Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus was taperecorded in April 1994 (van Balen 1996).
Birds of the Danau Sentarum National Park by Dennis, Roy H. / Borneo Research Bulletin
 
 
 
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