ML385723871

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Odd variation. Bird has white throat and malar streak like male Common Pauraque, but then should have white outer tail and long white band on wing (neither were seen on two ind. - but saw small wing line on wing of one bird). Less than a km from the Barba Azul Nature Reserve base, along the trail to the runway, I spotted a Pampas Deer close by. I approached the deer to film it by putting an isolated Sandpaper Tree between us and walked through tall grass towards the tree. As I approached the tree, I scared up two nightjars which flew together to another shady tree base 10 metres away (8:15 20SEP19). I went to film the deer and when finished walked to that tree base to search for the nightjar. I scared up one individual which flew to another tree but landed on a lower limb. I took pictures with a tripod step by step as I approached. The picture I have was the closest I could get (~15m), as I scared it off the next steps I took. When I flushed the birds I noted very little white on the wing of one ind. seen with naked eye, and that they appeared very dark- almost blackish- something I had not seen in a Nightjar before. They made no vocal sound when flushed. They were startled, but did not seem to be alarmed as they settled on the ground at a nearby tree landing, and then slightly walking under vegetation in the shade.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS 80D

Lens

EF400mm f/5.6L USM

ISO

200

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/8.0

Shutter speed

1/80 sec

Dimensions

2598 pixels x 1810 pixels

Original file size

2.78 MB