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Some birds sing to attract a mate. Others dance or display colorful feathers. But in the moonlit forests and shrublands of northern Argentina, one bird courts romance by snapping its wrists together, ...

The Itombwe nightjar is a bird described from a single specimen in the Congo Basin nearly 70 years ago and not seen by science for at least the past decade. It’s in the top 10 of the global Search for ...

Bioacoustic recorders could provide us with vital additional information to help us protect rare and endangered birds such as the European nightjar, new research has shown. The study found that newly ...

The number of nightjars recorded in a national park is thought to have doubled in the past five years following conservation efforts. Seventy eight of the elusive birds, which are known for their ...