goatsucker

How To Use goatsucker In A Sentence

• The best time of the year to census goatsuckers is early in the breeding season when birds are most vocal.
• Birds in this family are also known, unflatteringly, as oilbirds, frogmouths, and goatsuckers, the last based on an old myth that these birds use their expansive maws to steal milk from goats.
• The evening was calm and still; — the shrill noise of the mountain bizcacha, and the faint cry of a goatsucker, were occasionally to be heard. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
• Sightings and tales of the goatsucker increase daily with - to Mr. Soto's visible discomfort - no end in sight.
• The goatsucker is in the nightjar family, the members of which sometimes are called nighthawks (although they're closely related to owls, not hawks).
• Birds in this family are also known, unflatteringly, as oilbirds, frogmouths, and goatsuckers, the last based on an old myth that these birds use their expansive maws to steal milk from goats.
• Birds in this family are also known, unflatteringly, as oilbirds, frogmouths, and goatsuckers, the last based on an old myth that these birds use their expansive maws to steal milk from goats.
• They belong to a group of birds called goatsuckers or also known as nightjars for their nighttime singing.