Nightjar Collection

Barn owl, Tyto alba, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Australian owlet nightjar or tawny frogmouth?
Australian owlet nightjar, Aegotheles cristatus or tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides? (Banded goatsucker, Caprimulgus vittatus)

Long-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus climacurus (Long-tailed goatsucker). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1823

Pennant-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx vexillarius (Macrodipteryx africanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Scissor-tailed nightjar, Hydropsalis torquata (Scissars tailed goat-sucker, Caprimulgus psalurus). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London

Standard-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx longipennis (Leona goat-sucker, Caprimulgus macrodipterus). Illustration by Samuel Howitt

European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

Chordeiles minor, Common nighthawk
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Gloster Mars X Nightjar, J6930

Nightjar sp. Caprimulgua sp
Number 16 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Cayenne nightjar, Caprimulgus maculosus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Standard-winged nightjar, Macrodipteryx longipennis.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides, and European nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Goatsucker, Nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Swallow, swift, martins and nightjar.. Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica 1, swift, Apus apus 2, house martin, Delichon urbicum, 3, sand martin, Riparia riparia 4, and nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus 5

The first Gloster Mars X Nightjar, H8535

Caprimulgus aegyptius, egyptian nightjar
Egyptian nightjar egg specimens

Caprimulgus mahrattensis, sykes nightjar
Sykes nightjar egg specimens

Caprimulgus inornatus, plain nightjar
Plain nightjar egg specimens

Caprimulgus nubicus, nubian nightjar
Nubian nightar egg specimen

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