A 20TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY ‘WINGED NIGHTJAR’
IN AN EBONISED AND GLAZED CASE WITH PALE ARSENIC-GREEN PAPERED BACKDROP; THE WINGED NIGHTJAR IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE CAPRIMULGID FAMILY. A NOCTURNAL SPECIES, THIS TRUE NIGHTJAR BREEDS IN DRY SAVANNAH HABITAT OF CENTRAL AFRICA, AND DURING THIS SEASON THE MALE BIRD GROWS ELABORATELY FORMED TAIL FEATHERS - OFTEN OVER A FOOT LONG- WITH GRACEFUL TRAILING ‘QUILLS’ THAT END IN FEATHER PLUMES. THESE FEATHERS ARE USED AS ‘STANDARDS’, TO LURE AND ATTRACT FEMALES THROUGH EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT ROUTINES.
WITH LABEL ON THE REVERSE; BY LEONARD C. HARWOOD, NATURALIST, 9 WESTERN BROADWAY, KING STREET, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON
H 60CM, 23 3/4” X W 29CM, 11 1/2” X D 8CM, 3 1/4”
A 20TH CENTURY TAXIDERMY ‘WINGED NIGHTJAR’
IN AN EBONISED AND GLAZED CASE WITH PALE ARSENIC-GREEN PAPERED BACKDROP; THE WINGED NIGHTJAR IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE MEMBERS OF THE CAPRIMULGID FAMILY. A NOCTURNAL SPECIES, THIS TRUE NIGHTJAR BREEDS IN DRY SAVANNAH HABITAT OF CENTRAL AFRICA, AND DURING THIS SEASON THE MALE BIRD GROWS ELABORATELY FORMED TAIL FEATHERS - OFTEN OVER A FOOT LONG- WITH GRACEFUL TRAILING ‘QUILLS’ THAT END IN FEATHER PLUMES. THESE FEATHERS ARE USED AS ‘STANDARDS’, TO LURE AND ATTRACT FEMALES THROUGH EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT ROUTINES.
WITH LABEL ON THE REVERSE; BY LEONARD C. HARWOOD, NATURALIST, 9 WESTERN BROADWAY, KING STREET, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON
H 60CM, 23 3/4” X W 29CM, 11 1/2” X D 8CM, 3 1/4”
