In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar"). Its call a repeatitive "thiok thiok thiok" like a car alarm is quick haunting......
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Monday, 4 February 2013
NIGHTJAR 2/5 - Large-tailed Nightjar
In Malaysia it is known to frequent cemeteries at night, hence its rather macabre common name burung tukang kubur ("graveyard nightjar"). Its call a repeatitive "thiok thiok thiok" like a car alarm is quick haunting......
NIGHTJAR 1/5 - Savannah Nightjar
Savannah Nightjar
This is yet another ground bird. My second
Nightjar out of the 5 species of Malaysia. Earlier one is the Long-tailed.
Active at night feeding on moths and flying insects and beetles. Savanna
Nightjar can be sighted in the day where they like to bathe in open sky. When
it gets too hot they find relieve under the shades of a tree or shrub but on
the ground lying flat and very still. They are a master of camouflage and lay their eggs 1-2 nos on open ground among leaves and twigs under a tree. Breeding season starts March till August. They do not fly away when approached, even to 15 ft away. They relied so heavily on their camouflage.However any action of making a direct approach further will trigger flight by the bird to a short distance away as it repeat the same reaction. Most of the time it spook you rather you seeing them when they take flight a few metres from you like Snipes.
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