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Nyctidromus albicollis
It was quit difficult to see this bird even with the help of a professional birder! Roosting in the dense thicket it blended so well into the brush.
Spotted on Sep 3, 2013
Submitted on Sep 3, 2013
16 Comments
Hello Flowerpatch. Each spotting can be entered in up to 5 relevant missions. :-)
I love nightjars! Awesome spotting! In the tropics when I've found these, they often fly away before you can get near enough to get a good photo... so kudos on the fantastic capture!
Thanks for the recommendation S Frazier. I switched the mission to Mimetic Animals of the World.
Wow! In the thumbnail it totally looks like a snake! Incredible spotting.
Your spotting is perfect for this mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8015...
Spectacular spotting.
Wonderful!!♡
Amazing !
They can't change to look like one but some birds patterns my resemble a snake pattern
I deleted the message cause I didn't see the got the ID.
I heard they are camouflaged to look similar to a rattlesnake!
A Pauraque is a nightjar, Jellis.
Thanks EnvUnlimited.
This is my similar spotting. I had already walked by him several times, someone had to point him out to me! It was the eyes that did it for me too, if they would have been closed he would have been invisible! https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/19...
Thanks Ashley. I was staring at it for 5 minutes before I could see it! It opened it's eye and the shape of the eye was the clue my guide gave me so I could find it.
Great find! I've always wanted to find one of these during the day.