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common nightjar Male common nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) landing
Quizzes
Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
A Little Bird Told Me
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animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Black-headed gulls perching on a roof with bird droppings, often seen in flocks around London, England, in winter time. The "black head" develops during the breeding season. (black headed, birds, guano, bird poop)
Do Birds Pee?
Hungry Pelican waiting to be fed, beak open, Australia
Why Don’t Birds Have Teeth?
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
Discover
Calendar showing the month of February
Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?
The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.
26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
What If the President Is Impeached?
earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
Periods of American Literature
Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding
7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

nightjar: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: RSPB - Nightjars. Jun 20, 2020
Added photograph. May 31, 2013
Added new Web site: BirdLife International - Sulawesi Eared Nightjar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Birds Guide - LargeTailed Nightjar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Conservation Commission of Missouri - Nightjars. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership - Nightjar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: West Midland Bird Club - Nightjar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Boreal Forest.org - European Nightjar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Monterey Bay - Night Jar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: Forestry Commission - Nightjar. Jan 07, 2008
Added new Web site: RSPB - Nightjars. Jan 07, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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