Adult © Phil Gregory | Sicklebill Safaris | www.birder.travel eBird S60959259 Macaulay Library ML 184444591
Juvenile © Devon DeRaad
Adult © Devon DeRaad
Juvenile © Devon DeRaad

Solomons Nightjar Eurostopodus nigripennis

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Identification

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A large-eyed and immaculately camouflaged nocturnal bird. Plumage is a mixture of brown, rufous, and gray speckling and barring, with a small white throat patch and a faint rufous collar. Found mostly in and around forest. Recorded roosting on sandy beaches and mangrove roots. Superficially similar to Solomons Frogmouth but unlikely to be confused. Song reported to sound similar to an axe hitting wood, a staccato “tok-tok-tok.”

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