Bibliography for CAPRIMULGIDAE

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• Barclay Rose, A. 1976. Mass of wild birds of the order Caprimulgiformes. Australian Bird Bander 14: 50-51
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• Cramp, S. (ed.) 1985. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palaearctic. Oxford : Oxford University Press Vol. 4 960 pp. 98 pls.
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