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nocturnal
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Bonaparte's Nightjar, Borneo
Rare resident species sighting, the Bonaparte's Nightjar (Caprimulgus concretus) 白喉夜鷹- dixonlau
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- bonaparte's nightjar borneo caprimulgus concretus lowland malaysia night nocturnal rainforest sarawak tropical 白喉夜鷹
- Comments: 6
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Large-tailed Nightjar, Borneo
It just stayed still on the ground. The Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) 長尾夜鷹.- dixonlau
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- borneo caprimulgus macrurus large-tailed nightjar lowland malaysia night nocturnal peat swamp rainforest sarawak tropical 長尾夜鷹
- Comments: 5
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Giant Katydid, Borneo
They are one of the largest Katydid sp, Giant Katydid (Pseudophyllus hercules) 巨螽斯. Just to let you know in perspective how big, it is big as my palm size.- dixonlau
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- borneo closeup giant katydid grasshopper insect lowland macro malaysia night nocturnal peat swamp pseudophyllus hercules rainforest sarawak tropical 巨螽斯
- Comments: 2
- Category: Invertebrates
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Tropical Screech-Owl
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/418557281- Jefferson Shank
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- bird megascops choliba nocturnal owl screech-owl tropical screech-owl
- Comments: 4
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis)
The bird was seen perched on a parallel branch just over a stream at Munnar, a hill station in Kerala , India.. Date taken : 12.09.2016- Biju.P.B
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- brown fish owl india kerala ketupa zeylonensi ketupa zeylonensis munnar nocturnal
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Nocturnal Paper Wasp
Nocturnal Paper Wasp (Apoica pallens: Vespidae) This nocturnal wasp is ca. 2 cm (0.75 in) long and was photographed at night lights at our eco-lodge adjacent to Ro Guayabo, El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Secondary humid forest at ca. 650 m (2,133 ft) elevation.- Stanley Jones
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- apoica nocturnal pallens panama paper province vespidae wasp
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- Category: Invertebrates
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Boobook
This Southern Boobook has been calling on and off at a property in NW Sydney where we keep our horse. Since I visit the place every evening, I have managed to photograph the owl the last two evenings. He has been very obliging. :-)- mr_birdman
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- australia boobook hawk-owl hawkowl maraylya ninox boobook nocturnal nsw owl southern boobook owl spotlighting strigidae
- Comments: 5
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Powerful Owl pair
The male on the left is courtship feeding the female. Victim is one of the noisy little Rainbow Lorikeets. He must've caught the bird just before daybreak as he was holding it all afternoon sans the upper half of the parrot, which he probably ate before the sun came up. This is typical Powerful...- mr_birdman
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- australia bird of prey ninox strenua nocturnal nsw owl parramatta powerful owl raptor strigidae
- Comments: 4
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Powerful Owl pair
Photographed in the middle of Sydney. Really. This pair was really accepting of photographers leading up to their nesting period. Many an evening were spent photographing some great behaviour, including mating.- mr_birdman
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- australia bird of prey ninox strenua nocturnal nsw owl parramatta powerful owl raptor strigidae
- Comments: 2
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Barking Owl, Ninox connivens
Barking Owl (Ninox connivens) is a typical hawk-owl. Photographed at night perched in a Boab tree at Bullo River Station, Northern Territory, NT, Australia, Oceania, Australasia.- Carole-Anne
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- animals big eyes birds boab dark feathers hawkowls nature night nocturnal northern territo owl owls predator tree wildlife
- Comments: 4
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Common Nighthawk
Common nighthawk camouflaged at morning. At Fort Morgan on the Alabama Gulf Coast.- neonflamingo
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- alabama nighthawk nocturnal
- Comments: 1
- Category: North America
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Nocturnal Visitor
After spending a rainy day waiting without much success for birds to come and eat the ripening fruits of the tarap tree (Artocarpus odoratissimus) I was pleasantly surprised when I found this unexpected visitor at night. It's a Common Palm Civet which did not like the flash of my camera and...- Joe Pan
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- common palm civet nocturnal
- Comments: 3
- Category: Wild Mammals
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Fiery-necked Nightjar
Taken at Sokoke after our search for the owls.- jdbirdman
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- goatsucker nocturnal
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- Category: Africa
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African Scops Owl
- jdbirdman
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- nocturnal otus senegalensis owl
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- Category: Africa
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Spotted dikkop
The arly morning sun gives this picture a warm glow,when in fact it was quite chilly. The dikkop is nocturnal hence the huge eye!- jdbirdman
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- dikkop nocturnal thick knee
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- Category: Britain & Europe