These birds are native to South and Southeast Asia ...

An elusive bird which is now considered to be extremely rare in Northern Ireland made an unexpected visit to a Belfast street ...

The nightjar is a remarkable sight in Northern Ireland, and it was found behind an unremarkable garbage bin.

With its large, forward-facing eyes and head tufts that look like ears, the great eared nightjar resembles a dragon more than a bird. Often nicknamed the "baby dragon," this otherworldly-looking ...

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 ...

The great eared nightjar, found across Asia, looks like a tiny dragon. Its camouflage, twilight hunting and unique behaviour ...

An unfit Sykes’s nightjar bird was rescued from Mumbai and released back into the wild after it became fit — news that has surprised many among the birding and wildlife communities in Mumbai. In 2019, ...

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Ever wondered what a small, fluffy dragon with catlike ears looks like? Meet the great eared nightjar, a rather mystical-looking bird. This big-eyed creature, whose name is Lyncornis macrotis and is ...