European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) Description
English: Skull of a Nightjar http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci00shar
Date 1891
Source Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the ostelogy of verebrated animals (part 3)
Author R Bowdler Sharpe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CaprimulgusSkull.jpg
The European nightjar, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia. The Latin generic name refers to the old myth that the nocturnal nightjar suckled goats, causing them to cease to give milk.
