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10 Jan 2011
Nightjars of the World
By Rory Mccann
Nigel Cleere, 464 pages £35.00 BUY NOW This lavishly illustrated book is the first comprehensive photographic guide to the Caprimulgiformes of the world. Each of the 100 species of nightjars and nighthawks, 17 frogmouths, 7 potoos, Oilbird and 10 owlet-nightjars are illustrated with high quality photographs, including many images which have never previously been published.
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