European Nightjar Gallery

Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European

Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by M. Bourey, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

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Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) adults, swimming in open water, offshore Port St. Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (Transkei), South Africa, july

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Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) adult male, with wings spread, standing on song post in heathland, silhouetted at dusk, North Norfolk, England, june

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