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BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
Cleere, N. and Christie, D.A. 2013. European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Cramp, S. 1985. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic vol IV: terns to woodpeckers. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Langston, R.H.W., Wotton, S.R., Conway, G.J., Wright, L.J., Mallord, J.W., Currie, F.A., Drewitt, A.L., Grice, P.V., Hoccom, D.G. and Symes, N. 2007. Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus and Woodlark Lullula arborea–recovering species in Britain? Ibis 149(S2): 250-260.
Tucker, G.M. and Heath, M.F. 1994. Birds in Europe: their conservation status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Caprimulgus europaeus. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.
