Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus argus) [XC641419]
by Peter Boesman from Native Gap Conservation Reserve (near Anmatjere), Central Desert Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (aberrant, song)
Spotted Nightjar (Eurostopodus) [XC609597]
by Christopher Watson from Mount Wood Homestead area, Sturt NP, New South Wales, Australia (song)
Nest
None. The egg is laid directly on the bare ground.
Eggs (Guide)
1; greenish cream, sparingly but boldly spotted and blotched purple-brown and blackish mauve; broad-ellipsoidal; about 32 - 37 x 23 - 26 mm. Incubation: 20 days; by both sexes.
Young
Semi-precocial, semi-nidifugous. Fledge in about 28 days. Brooded and fed by both parents.
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Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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