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BIRD FACTS |
Description
The White-throated Nightjar is a nocturnal bird from eastern Australia. The largest of the Australian nightjars, It is a grey bird mottled with brown, with a white throat giving a well camouflaged appearance when it roosts in undergrowth. The bird has a black bill and brown eyes. Juvenile birds are lighter brown.
Size
35 cm
Habitat
open woodland, open forest
Food
catches insects on the wing
Breeding
They normally lay a single egg on the ground in leaf litter, stones or bark.
Range
found in eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, and Victoria
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Caprimulgiformes | | Family: | Caprimulgidae | | Genus: | Eurostopodus | | Species: | mystacalis | | Common Name: | White-throated Nightjar |
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