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Caprimulgus indicus

Known as: Caprimulgus jotaka, gray nightjar, jungle nightjar 
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
Avian thermoregulation in the heat: efficient evaporative cooling in two southern African nightjars
Nightjars represent a model taxon for investigating physiological limits of heat tolerance because of their habit of roosting and… 
2014
2014
Human-Induced Changes in Landscape Configuration Influence Individual Movement Routines: Lessons from a Versatile, Highly Mobile Species
Landscape conversion by humans may have detrimental effects on animal populations inhabiting managed ecosystems, but human… 
2014
2014
‘Bodyguard’ plants: Predator-escape performance influences microhabitat choice by nightjars
  • C. Camacho
  • Behavioural Processes
  • 2014
  • Corpus ID: 10218158
Review
2012
Review
2012
Heterothermy in Caprimulgid Birds: A Review of Inter- and Intraspecific Variation in Free-Ranging Populations
Caprimulgid birds represent one of the best studied endotherm taxa in terms of the occurrence of heterothermy in free-ranging… 
2008
2008
Environmental correlates of Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma) activity in a seasonal, subtropical habitat
We examined environmental correlates of activity in the Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma), a nocturnal aerial insectivore… 
2004
2004
Territorial songs and species-level taxonomy of nightjars of the Caprimulgus macrurus complex, with the description of a new species.
The Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821, complex, as currently recognized, comprises 12 taxa which are… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Effects of light and prey availability on nocturnal, lunar and seasonal activity of tropical nightjars
Nightjars and their allies represent the only major group of visually hunting aerial insectivores with a crepuscular andlor… 
1999
1999
VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN A NOCTURNAL BIRD SPECIES, CAPRIMULGUS RUFICOLLIS, A BALANCE BETWEEN CRYPSIS AND CONSPICUOUSNESS
Cryptic protective mechanisms and the conspicuousness required to communicate result in a conflict of opposing selection. In the… 
1997
1997
Absence of blood parasites in the Red-necked Nightjar
--One-hundred and six Red-Necked Nighjars (Caprimulgus ruficollis) were sampled in southern Spain to determine the incidence of… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
A new species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba (Aves: Caprimulgidae)
•A new species of nightjar, Siphonorhis daiquiri, is described from Quaternary cave deposits in eastern and central Cuba. It is… 
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