mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects
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Teams will also employ different skills such as hearing the owls or nightjar churring during mid-night to record bird species. 他们也会在赛事中运用不同技术,如在深宵聆听猫头鹰和欧夜鹰的鸣叫声等来寻找鸟类。
The sweet birdsong of the nightjar, the roar of a lion or the grunt of a hippo could soon replace the trilling and beeping of Britain's mobile phones. 英国手机的颤音和尖叫可望在不久之后为欧夜鹰的美妙歌声、狮子的咆哮或是河马的呼噜声所代替。
The European nightjar. 欧洲夜鹰
Caprimulgiformes; goatsuckers, nightjar 夜鹰目
Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) 欧夜鹰
2 A nightjar in deep-leaved shadow called three long notes, and hushed. 一只欧夜鹰在密密的树叶间发出三声长啼，旋即静默无声。
