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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
Ryan S. O’Connor
,
B. O. Wolf
,
R. Brigham
,
A. McKechnie
Journal of Comparative Physiology □ B
2017
Corpus ID: 19122804
Nightjars represent a model taxon for investigating physiological limits of heat tolerance because of their habit of roosting and…
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2014
2014
Human-Induced Changes in Landscape Configuration Influence Individual Movement Routines: Lessons from a Versatile, Highly Mobile Species
C. Camacho
,
Sebastián Palacios
,
P. Sáez
,
S. Sánchez
,
J. Potti
PLoS ONE
2014
Corpus ID: 7205173
Landscape conversion by humans may have detrimental effects on animal populations inhabiting managed ecosystems, but human…
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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
R. Brigham
,
A. McKechnie
,
Lisa I. Doucette
,
F. Geiser
2012
Corpus ID: 44095700
Caprimulgid birds represent one of the best studied endotherm taxa in terms of the occurrence of heterothermy in free-ranging…
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2008
2008
Environmental correlates of Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma) activity in a seasonal, subtropical habitat
R. A. Ashdown
,
A. McKechnie
Journal of Ornithology
2008
Corpus ID: 5177497
We examined environmental correlates of activity in the Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma), a nocturnal aerial insectivore…
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2004
2004
Territorial songs and species-level taxonomy of nightjars of the Caprimulgus macrurus complex, with the description of a new species.
G. Sangster
,
F. G. Rozendaal
2004
Corpus ID: 55384161
The Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Horsfield, 1821, complex, as currently recognized, comprises 12 taxa which are…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Effects of light and prey availability on nocturnal, lunar and seasonal activity of tropical nightjars
W. Jetz
,
Jan Steffen
,
K. Linsenmair
2003
Corpus ID: 1739624
Nightjars and their allies represent the only major group of visually hunting aerial insectivores with a crepuscular andlor…
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1999
1999
VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN A NOCTURNAL BIRD SPECIES, CAPRIMULGUS RUFICOLLIS, A BALANCE BETWEEN CRYPSIS AND CONSPICUOUSNESS
J. Aragonés
,
L. A. Reyna
1999
Corpus ID: 89329651
Cryptic protective mechanisms and the conspicuousness required to communicate result in a conflict of opposing selection. In the…
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1997
1997
Absence of blood parasites in the Red-necked Nightjar
M. Forero
,
J. Tella
,
A. Gajón
1997
Corpus ID: 82476414
--One-hundred and six Red-Necked Nighjars (Caprimulgus ruficollis) were sampled in southern Spain to determine the incidence of…
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Review
1985
Review
1985
A new species of Siphonorhis from Quaternary cave deposits in Cuba (Aves: Caprimulgidae)
S. Olson
1985
Corpus ID: 127114331
•A new species of nightjar, Siphonorhis daiquiri, is described from Quaternary cave deposits in eastern and central Cuba. It is…
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