Wing ornaments longer than the birdSourced
Its body is about 20 centimeters long.
The display feathers can exceed 50.
Male standard-winged nightjars in Africa grow elongated wing feathers for the breeding season. The feathers can reach 53.5 centimeters, more than twice the bird's 20–23 centimeter body length, and trail behind in ordinary flight.
A small bird
with outsized decorations.
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