Caprimulgiformes

Menu Home Subjects Covers About Contact The Nightjar family, Caprimulgidae is in the Order Caprimulgiformes.  They are crepuscular or nocturnal, catching flying insects.  The small beak hides a huge mouth as one may see as one yawns  in video below. Frogmouths are in a different family, Podargidae. NIGHTJARS, FROGMOUTHS (Caprimulgiformes) COMMON NIGHTHAWK (Chordeiles minor) moved, […]