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The jungle nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) is a species of nightjar found in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. It is found mainly on the edge of forests where it is seen or heard at dusk. The taxonomy of this and related nightjars is complex and a range of treatments have been followed that cover this and several other nightjars in the Asian region. It was formerly called the grey nightjar or Indian jungle nightjar and sometimes included...

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1. (c) Saurabh Agrawal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Saurabh Agrawal
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprimulgus_indicus

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