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Large-tailed nightjar        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Large-tailed nightjars (very similar to North American whip-poor-wills) are forest dwellers in eastern Australia. This one was hawking insects from a dirt road in Iron Range National Park on the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland.

  • Nikon F3, 400mm f5.6 EDIF, Kodachrome 64, electronic flash