The Itombwe nightjar is a bird described from a single specimen in the Congo Basin nearly 70 years ago and not seen by science for at least the past decade. It’s in the top 10 of the global Search for ...

The nightjar has "a supernatural reputation" thanks to a myth that it steals milk from goats The number of nightjars recorded in a national park is thought to have doubled in the past five years ...

AN Essex animal rescue centre admitted a very rare bird... which sadly did not make it through the night. Wildlives Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre, based in Thorrington, admitted a nocturnal bird ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Last updated: 08 February 2011 In this clip from Iolo's Welsh Safari, ...

Bowen, W. W. 1930. "A new nightjar from Angola: Second preliminary paper on the birds collected during the Gray African expedition-1929." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ...

The number of nightjars recorded in a national park is thought to have doubled in the past five years following conservation efforts. Seventy eight of the elusive birds, which are known for their ...