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  • thebirdsofamerica: Detail of Plate 82 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Whip-poor-will.

    thebirdsofamerica:

    Detail of Plate 82 of The Birds of America by John Audubon, the Whip-poor-will.

    (via dendroica)

    Tagged: birds Whippoorwill Eastern Whippoorwill goatsucker nightjar moth silkworm Io Moth Cecropia Moth Saturniidae insects Lepidoptera Caprimulgiformes

    Posted on February 1, 2013 via The Birds of America Blog with 159 notes

    Source: thebirdsofamerica

  • biomedicalephemera: Titmice and Swallows The “Goatsucker” (Nightjar) in the middle of the bottom row of birds is now known to not be a passerine (perching bird), but to be in a class of ground-nesters, with the frogmouths. They’re much more closely related to owls than to swallows or martins. Natural History of the Animal Kingdom for the Use Of Young People. W. F. Kirby, 1889.

    biomedicalephemera:

    Titmice and Swallows

    The “Goatsucker” (Nightjar) in the middle of the bottom row of birds is now known to not be a passerine (perching bird), but to be in a class of ground-nesters, with the frogmouths. They’re much more closely related to owls than to swallows or martins.

    Natural History of the Animal Kingdom for the Use Of Young People. W. F. Kirby, 1889.

    Tagged: Science natural history birds swallow barn swallow martin goatsucker titmouse passerine nightjar W.F. Kirby 1880s 1889

    Posted on December 25, 2011 via Biomedical Ephemera, or: A Frog for Your Boils with 204 notes

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