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Collared Nightjar at Analamasaotra Couple detected roosting at Analamasaotra NP 11.10.2016 Collared Nightjar,Collared nightjar,Gactornis enarratus,Madagascar,analamasaotra Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Collared Nightjar at Analamasaotra

Couple detected roosting at Analamasaotra NP 11.10.2016

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    This one reminds me of this:

    Madagascar Nightjar at day During our trip in Madagascar, several times we heard a distinct animal call that sounds like a pingpong ball dropping, usually around the time the sun was setting. Little did we realize this was the call of the Nightjar, a nocturnal bird. <br /> <br /> They are reasonably common in Madagascar, but it is less common to find them sleeping on the forest floor during the day, even less common to find two keeping each other warm. Check out their enormous heads and tiny beaks. Andasibe,Caprimulgus madagascariensis,Madagascar,Madagascar Nightjar

    Different location, but similar looking. Do you know what the difference is between these two species?     Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
  2. View DR_M_Z's profile
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    According to F. Hawkins, R. Safford, A. Skerrett: ''Birds of Mdagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands.''
    Helm Field Guides, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4, p.140 Madagascar Nightjar ist distinguished form Collared Nightjar by lack of both dark spots on crown and rufous collar, and by cospicuous white on wings (in flight)     Posted 8 years ago

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The Collared nightjar

The collared nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.
It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests .

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  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 10/600s
  • ISO6400
  • 500mm